A Story of Mercy (Meditation 59)
I don’t know how many times I have read this story and have thought of it, like so many people, as a story about ingratitude. But the other day, I…
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When Equations Don’t Add Up (Meditation 57)
A few weeks ago, I dropped my kids off at an amusement park, and while they were having fun, I tried to run a few errands. One of those involved…
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Defiance and Dialogue (Meditation 56)
When one of my grandsons, who are right now six and four years old, try to talk their mother into something they know she is not going to allow (climbing…
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God’s Vision of History (Meditation 54)
Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain. Isaiah 53:10 I grow less and less comfortable with this verse as I get older. My body…
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Spiritual Currency (Meditation 53)
There is, as often is the case with the prophets, a historical backdrop for this verse which I believe enriches rather than contradicts what I have to say here. I’ll…
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Wilderness (Meditation 52)
Something in the way a wonderful lector read this passage recently made me take notice of words that could have just sped past me, having read and heard them so…
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The Cost of Getting What We Want (Meditation 51)
Let’s set the context for these verses. The people of Israel, God’s chosen, have asked for a king, partly because of the chaos around them and the turmoil within their…
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We Are All Slaves (Meditation #42)
These verses have troubled me, made me uncomfortable, since I first took on a serious study of the Bible. And there is good reason. First, I don’t like the idea…
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The Beauty and Grace of a Kind Smile (Meditation #41)
The week began with anxiety and a feeling of aloneness, and as I entered the room where my colleagues were eating lunch, I saw no friends who were sitting at…
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The Entitled Tenants (Meditation #40)
I must admit that I am baffled by the response of those hearing Jesus’ parable here. They are shocked that the vineyard owner will “destroy” those who killed his son…
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