Monthly Archives: May 2013

This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings, along with a headline from world news: RUSSIAN INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE FOR SYRIA  2 Corinthians 4:1-12 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) 4 God has shown us such mercy that we do not lose courage as we do the work he has given us. 2 Indeed, […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: El Salvador Court refuses termination for woman with kidney failure 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) 3 Are we starting to recommend ourselves again? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation either to you […]

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Turkish Government restricts sale and cosumption of alcohol This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news 2 CORINTHIANS 1,23-2,17 I have never wanted to hurt you 23-24 No, I declare before God that it was to avoid hurting you that I did not come to […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: UK SAYS ARMS WILL BRING PEACE TO SYRIA 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Our dealings with you have always been straightforward 12-14 Now it is a matter of pride to us—endorsed by our conscience—that […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Sentence against murderous dictator Rios Montt anulled by Guatemala 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 1 This letter comes to you from Paul, God’s messenger for Jesus Christ by the will of God, and from […]

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This blog ofers a reflection on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: 290 civilians (including 60 children)  have been killed by USA drones  DEUTERONOMY6: 1-9 The Great Commandment 6 Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily radings along with a headline from world news: Is a savage beheading worse than drones? Deuteronomy 1:1-8 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE) Events at Horeb Recalled 1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan—in the wilderness, […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Obama defends USA right to kill by drone Luke 14:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Jesus at a Pharisee’s House 14 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being […]

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This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF MOORE, OKLAHOMA Luke 13:18-30 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 18-19 Then he went on, “What is the kingdom of God like? What illustration can I use to make it plain to you? […]

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CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AFFIRMS TRADITIONAL VIEW OF SEXUALITY BUT PERMITS THE MINISTRY OF ACTIVE HOMOSEXUALS LUKE 13: 10-17 Jesus reduces the sabbatarians to silence 10-12 It happened that he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. In the congregation was a woman who for eighteen years had been ill from some […]