This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news HOPE FOR PEACE IN CONGO Matthew 13:53-58 New English Translation (NET) Rejection at Nazareth 53 Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there. 54 Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ” I am the legitimate ruler,” Morsi tells his judges. Matthew 13:44-52 New English Translation (NET) Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: BRITISH PARATROOPERS HELP STOP ELEPHANT POACHING Matthew 13:31-35 New English Translation (NET) The Parable of the Mustard Seed 31 He gave them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: SNOWDEN WRITES TO MERKEL: TELLING THE TRUTH IS NOT A CRIME Hebrews 11:32-12:2 King James Version (KJV) 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP SOUTH AFRICA-DANCE FOR LIFE Matthew 13:18-23 New English Translation (NET) 18 “So listen to the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ISTANBUL SUBWAY UNITES EUROPE WITH ASIA Matthew 13:10-17 New English Translation (NET) 10 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: Left Wing Leaders in Latin America side with the Church on abortion law and gay marriage Matthew 13:1-9 New English Translation (NET) The Parable of the Sower 13 On that day after Jesus went out of the […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: TURKISH COUPLE IN KURDISTAN PROTEST THE DESTRUCTION OF KISS SCULPTURE Matthew 12:43-50 New English Translation (NET) The Return of the Unclean Spirit 43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking […]
This blog offers a meditation on he Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news IRAN KILLS 16 PRISONERS TO SHOW IT WAS BAD TO KILL 14 IRANIANS Matthew 12:33-42 New English Translation (NET) Trees and Their Fruit 33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree […]
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