Today’s Reflection
When my youngest son, Zach, was a baby, I signed up for a Disciple Bible study in our United Methodist church. In one year, I read 70 percent of the Bible and digested it with a small group of people from church. We spent two hours per week meeting together to study and reflect. I wrote more, gave sermons at a small Wednesday night service, and asked a lot of questions. I began to experience the Bible differently. More than ever before I recognized that Bible stories have symbolic meanings, and they jumped out at me.
—Angela D. Schaffner, Revealed: What the Bible Can Teach You About Yourself (Upper Room Books, 2018)
Today’s Question
What Bible stories do you hold most dear? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Every scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for showing mistakes, for correcting, and for training character.
—2 Timothy 3:16 (CEB)
Prayer for the Week
Loving God, thank you for the gift of your Word, the Bible. Help me to draw closer to you by reading and reflecting on the truths in scripture. Amen.
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Lectionary Readings
(Courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library)
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Stories about God leading the Israelites from Egypt. Stories of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. My 4th grade teacher read aloud from Hurlburt’s Bible Story book, daily.
Noah and the birth and death of Jesus.
Yesterday, h was busy in the shed and garage therefore, I had a restful day. We did have it out over the state of the shed. He is a hoader and it took 2 trucks which were each full and cost $2,000 to have the junk people clean out the basement. I told hiim to clean out the shed or I’ll call the junk haulers again.
Yes, Gail – the story of Abraham and Isaac remains incredibly impactful for me.
My small group has been doing a methodical study of the Gospel of Luke the past year +. So much of it is familiar territory. But doing weekly deep dives on small chunks has really provided the opportunity to look at Christ, His interactions with His disciples and others. I have been using my chronological Bible as a wonderful supplement. It is interesting what is included and/or left out by each of the individual authors of the Gospels. Next week our study on Luke will be complete. The past few weeks, leading up to Easter, has included the buildup to the event in Luke.
Doors and windows open with fresh air blowing through my kittens’ whiskers. I love having the fresh air in my house.
Have been doing some more school work today, along with more relaxing by reading and catching up on some of favorite tv series. Becky and I will be spending the afternoon together tomorrow – going to hit several stores in a shopping area between our two houses. Going to have lunch at a place I haven’t been to since prior to the pandemic.
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