This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: FREED USA POW REJECTED BY COMPATRIOTS Matthew 9:9-17 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 9 Jesus left there and as he passed on he saw a man called Matthew sitting at his desk in the tax-collector’s office. […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headine from world news: POLES REMEMBER SOLIDARITY VICTORY OVER COMMUNISTS IN 1989 Matthew 9:1-8 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus heals in his own town 9 1-2 So Jesus re-embarked on the boat, crossed the lake, and came to his own town. Immediately […]
Matthew 8:28-34 This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily radings along with a headline from world news: ARREST OF GODFATHER POLITICIAN IN LONDON CAUSES CHAOS IN KARACHI J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 28-29 When he arrived on the other side (which is the Gadarenes’ country) he was met by two devil-possessed men who […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ANNIVERSARY OF TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE Matthew 8:18-27 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 18-19 When Jesus had seen the great crowds around him he gave orders for departure to the other side of the lake. But before […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectinary daily readings along with a headline from world news: WOMEN CHALLENGE BAN ON FEMALE PRIESTS BY GETTING ORDAINED Matthew 8:5-17 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 5-6 Then as he was coming into Capernaum a centurion approached. “Sir,” he implored him, “my servant is in bed at […]
This blog offers a meditaton on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: FILM SHOWN AT CANNES IS HARD TO FORGET Matthew 7:22-27 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 22-23 “In ‘that day’ many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we preach in your name, didn’t we cast out […]
ASCENSION DAY This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: IRISH PASTOR SAYS ISLAM IS A DOCTRINE FROM HELL Hebrews 2:5-18 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 5 For though in past ages God did grant authority to angels, yet he did not put the […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news Leviticus 25:35-55 SLAVERY COMMON IN EUROPE TODAY New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) 35 If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you,[a] you shall support them; they shall live with you […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: NATIONALIST / RACIST PARTIES DO WELL IN EU ELECTIONS RUTH CHAPTER 4 The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth 4 No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin,[a] of whom […]
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