This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings. 2 Samuel 5:22-6:11 New English Translation (NET) 22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: PETTY CRIMINAL DENOUNCES HIS JUDGES 2 Samuel 5:1-12 New English Translation (NET) David Is Anointed King Over Israel 5 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline form world news: FOR BUDDHIST MONK WIRATHU OPPOSING ISLAM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NON-VIOLENCE 2 Samuel 4:1-12 New English Translation (NET) Ish-bosheth is killed 4 When Ish-bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: BRADLEY MANNING: GUILTY OF OUTING MURDERERS 2 Samuel 3:22-39 New English Translation (NET) Abner Is Killed 22 Now David’s soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news “He is like a shepherd to his people”- Pope Francis in Brazil 2 Samuel 3:6-21 New English Translation (NET) Abner Defects to David’s Camp 6 As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: ARMY KILLS CITIZENS IN EGYPT 2 Samuel 2:1-11 New English Translation (NET) David is Anointed King 2 Afterward David inquired of the Lord, “Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The Lord told him, […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news. NEWSPAPERS REPORT SPANISH RAIL DISASTER 2 Samuel 1:1-16 New King James Version (NKJV) The Report of Saul’s Death 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: NEWSPAPER APPEALS AGAINST BLOCK ON PUBLISHING PRINCE’S LETTERS TO POLITICIANS 1 Samuel 31:1-13 New King James Version (NKJV) The Tragic End of Saul and His Sons 31 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news Millions flee from death in Assad’s Syria 1 Samuel 28:3-25 New King James Version (NKJV) Saul Consults a Medium 3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his […]
This blog offers a meditation on the Common Lectionary daily readings along with a headline from world news: 157 rescued from sunk refugee boat off Indonesia Mark 4:35-41 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) Jesus shows himself master of natural forces 35 On the evening of that day, he said to them, “Let us cross over to […]
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