I made a statement last week to some friends about the things that seemed to elicit an angry response from Jesus while He walked this earth. I think I said that it wasn’t so much the “sinners” who got Him upset. The “sinners” seemed to be the very ones He went out of His way …
Continuing on in my reading of Luke, yesterday, I picked up Luke chapter 6, and here’s what I read in the first eleven verses. Wheat image from here. 1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some …
I went to a funeral on Saturday. It was the funeral of a man I have known since a I was a baby. He was a dear friend of my parents, from their college days. He was a kind man, quiet, but brilliant, with a delightful sense of humor. If ever a man lived with …
We can get so hung up on our own external judgment system, can’t we? As you look at your fellow man, do you ever find any of these thoughts running through your mind? Do you ever wonder if he/she…. parents the “right” way (whatever way we think that is)? drinks alcohol ad nauseam, to the …
This morning, I was reading from the gospel of Luke, chapter 5, verses 17-26. Back in February, I read a comparable passage in Mark, and wrote a post about it. But as is so often the case, whenever I go back to read the Bible, I find it meets me (or should I say He …
This is a long one, but bear with me. I think you’ll be glad you did. I’ve been watching Mad Men. (#don’tjudgeme). Image from here. What??? Susan in the Boonies has been watching Mad Men??? (and yes, I said, please, #don’tjudgeme) First, let me tell you why you shouldn’t (because I know many of you …
This summer I’ve been reading the gospel of Luke. Recently, I came upon this passage, in Luke Chapter 5. I thought I’d show you the actual text, first, and then, try to put it into more 21st century vernacular. 1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him …
I’ve been reading the gospel of Luke, lately, because I find that if I don’t put good stuff into my brain from time to time, the world can be an awfully dark place. I always pray before I start reading, asking the Holy Spirit to open my mind, and shine His light in there, and …