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bible blog 670
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news: WILL RUSSIA DEPOPSE “KING” PUTIN? Genesis 37:1-11 Joseph Dreams of Greatness 37Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan.2This is the story of the family of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen […]
bible blog 669
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news: RED CROSS RETURNS TO BRING OUT THE WOUNDED FROM THE SHELTERS OF HOMS Ezekiel 18:1-32 Individual Retribution 18The word of the Lord came to me:2What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The parents […]
bible blog 668
This blog provides a mediation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headlne from world news Marie Colvin killed with other civilians in Homs HABBAKUK 3: 16 I wait quietly for the day of calamity to come upon our oppressors. Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the […]
bible blog 667
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news: Greeks will suffer for five years to gain bail-out Amos 5:6-15 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no […]
bible blog 666
This blog proides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news: VIOLENCE RAGES AMIDST SYRIAN TALKS Sayings of Agur 30The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle. I am weary, O God, I am weary, O God. How can I prevail?* 2 Surely I am too stupid […]
bible blog 665
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings along with a headline from world news: Silvia Carrera speaks truth to the government of Panama on behalf of her people John 18:15-27 Peter Denies Jesus 15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he went […]
bible blog 664
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings Genesis 32:22-33:17 Jacob Wrestles at Peniel 22 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he […]
bible blog 663
This blog provides a mditation on the Episcopal daily readings Genesis 32:3-21 Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau 3 Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 4instructing them, ‘Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, “I have lived with […]
bible blog 662
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings Genesis 31:25-50 25 Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsfolk camped in the hill country of Gilead. 26Laban said to Jacob, ‘What have you done? You have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like […]
89bible blog 661
This blog provides a meditation on the Episcopal daily readings Genesis 31:1-24 Jacob Flees with Family and Flocks 31Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, ‘Jacob has taken all that was our father’s; he has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.’ 2And Jacob saw that Laban did not […]