April 24, 2018 DAILY READING Psalm 231 Chronicles 11:1-9Revelation 7:13-17This weekend’s reading: Matthew 16:13-20 FIELD NOTES “And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’. . . And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord Almighty was with him.” (1 Chron 11:2, 9) I once asked a precocious 5-year-old…

April 23, 2018

April 21, 2018 DAILY READING Mark 6:30-34 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTESHave you ever had one of those days where you are running around doing a million things and finally sit down to take a rest when you realize you forgot something, or your kid wakes up from a nap and needs you, or…

April 20, 2018  DAILY READING Acts 4:1-4 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTESIn the Book of Acts, we as readers are given a glimpse into the lives of Jesus’ disciples and the members of the Early Church.  Although they certainly don’t get it right all the time, these men and women are passionate missionaries for…

April 19, 2018  DAILY READING Acts 3:17-26 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTESThe passage from Acts 3 comes right after the healing of a man who is lame, a man who is often ignored by the people that pass him day and night. Peter and John chastise the people for ignoring him and for their…

April 18, 2018  DAILY READING Mark 16:9-18 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTESIn our Mark passage for today, I am continuously convicted and challenged by verses 14 and 15.  They read: “Later [Jesus] appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and…

April 17, 2018  DAILY READING 2 John 1-6 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTESIn the Old Testament, the Israelites lived out their faithfulness to God by following the Law.  They ate and drank (or didn’t eat and drink) certain things because God’s Law commanded it.  They performed certain rituals in a certain way because God’s Law…

April 16, 2018  DAILY READING 1 John 3:10-16 This weekend’s reading: John 21:15-19 FIELD NOTES“The greatest of these is Love.”  “For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.” “Love never fails.”  Love is possibly the most common theme throughout Scripture.  We are called to love God, each…