About 10.5 years ago (on July 4) we got quite a surprise. We found out that we were pregnant with our 3rd child. This was not expected in any way – there’s a classic picture that was taken at a 4th of July party where […]
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Imago Scriptura 103 – Isaiah 55 – Flowing
In addition to the conference last week at Montreat, I was blessed by time in just the beautiful Creation in that part of the country. While the colors weren’t what I hoped they would be at that time, it was still stunningly beautiful and I […]
Imago Scriptura 102 – Right Here – Philippians 1
A bunch of things came together for me today. It began with the scripture this morning from Philippians 1 – Paul speaking of conflicting desires – a desire to be with Christ and out of the world and a desire to be with the brothers […]
Imago Scriptura 91 – 1 Corinthians 4 and Psalm 109 – Stop the Cycle
Its not every day that the readings line up like they did today. Today, I was reading and heard the same thing in part of 1 Corinthians that I heard in Psalm 109. In both were the similar message…when cursed, our response is to bless. […]
Imago Scriptura 87 – Psalms 97-99 – Looking Up
Yesterday’s readings from Psalms 97-99 are Psalms that speak to the mighty power of God. They speak of righteousness, fire, lightning, mountains melting like wax, glory, powerful hands and arms, the seas rejoicing for God, nations trembling before God, and the list could go on. […]
Imago Scriptura 86 – Psalm 89 – Walking in Light
Part of our worship service this morning was a blessing for our young people and teachers in the congregation as many of them go back to school tomorrow. Our “gift” to them was a small picture for them to put in their backpacks, in folders, […]
Imago Scriptura 84 – Romans 11:17-18 – Roots
I know I have said this more than a few times, but I love how I continue to hear new things in Scripture passages that I have read/heard many times before. In the New Testament daily readings, we are in Romans and today was the […]
Imago Scriptura 83 – Psalms 77-78 – Story
I love it how things come together at times in life and a similar sense is felt through a variety of different places. Yesterday morning during one of our discipelship times at church, I led a small group through a some intiial basics of how […]
Imago Scriptura 54 – Pax et Bonum
The readings for yesterday and today from the Gospel of John all deal with the same situation – a man who was born blind whose sight is restored (actually can it be restored if he never could see before?) by Jesus and the “investigation” that […]
Imago Scriptura 47 – Gathering
Yesterday’s passage from 2 Kings is a dear favorite of mine. It is the finding of the book of the law by King Josiah and the assembly of the people to attend to the reading of it and their recommittment to it. In verse 22:8 […]
Imago Scriptura 37 – Savoring Joy
This morning I came to one of my favorite chapters in all of the Bible – Luke 15 and the three “lost” stories – the story of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Lost Son. The reading today was just the first two […]
Imago Scriptura 31 – Contrasts
Many are familiar with the teaching of Jesus known as the Beatitudes – Blessed are the poor, blessed are the meek, etc. Luke has a slight variation on those teachings. He has some of the same (similar) blessings as recorded in Matthew, but he also […]
