December 4, 2018 DAILY READING Revelation 22:12-16This weekend’s reading: Malachi 3:1-4 FIELD NOTES I wanted to include the entire scene here for context, but I wanted to focus on one line in the above text.  In 15, Jesus is listing those outside of his kingdom.  In this translation, we end with the phrase, “and all who love…

December 3, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 90This weekend’s reading: Malachi 3:1-4 FIELD NOTES Today, let us practice the ancient art of Lectio Divina.  If you are using the Field Guide in your small groups, this is even better.  First, read the Psalm.  Done?  Good.  Read it again.  And again.  Get it into your bones. Next, meditate on it.  This doesn’t have…

December 1, 2018 DAILY READING Nehemiah 9:26-31This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES This Nehemiah passage is exhausting.  It’s a story of people who should have just followed God (and seemed to really want to) but continued to mess up again and again, even when God redeemed them again and again.  I want to shake…

November 30, 2018 DAILY READING 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES So I might be slightly ad-libbing on this passage, but this beautiful benediction to the Thessalonians has reminded me of the Christmas season of 2018.  Here’s why.  Paul writes, “But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labor…

November 29, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 25This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES As you read this passage, move slowly.  Notice your breath as you read.  Slow down.  Let the words of this prayer soak into your mind and your spirit.  Let them bolster you and fill you with God’s Spirit that you might know…

November 28, 2018 DAILY READING John 16:25-33This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES I often find myself praying for clarity- clarity around decisions at work, clarity around decisions at home, clarity around decisions for my kids or my marriage on and on the list goes…. basically, I pray for a clear understanding of what God…

November 27, 2018 DAILY READING Revelation 11This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES Revelation is a bit of a strange book to study, but it has many powerful images in it.  In the eleventh chapter for today’s reading, images of worship fill my mind.  Angels blow trumpets, voices in heaven sing, “elders” fall prostrate before…

November 26, 2018   DAILY READING Psalm 63This weekend’s reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 FIELD NOTES Here comes Advent!  It’s just around the corner and this Psalm seems to be preparing my heart for such a time.  Advent is a time of longing and waiting on the Christ Child to be born.  The Psalm says “O God you…