Good morning! Text: Exodus 12-14; Psalm 23 There’s some pretty amazing material in today’s reading! As I read, I am always asking the Lord …
1/27/24
Good morning (sorry…I am late today!). Text: Exodus 9-11; Psalm 22:12-31 The ten plagues of Exodus are interesting in that some are announced …
1/26/24
Good morning! Text: Exodus 5-8; Psalm 22:1-11 The Exodus story is familiar to most. The Israelites are numerous, and Pharaoh has enslaved them …
1/25/24
Good morning! Text: Exodus 1-4; Psalm 21 In the opening chapters of Exodus we find God’s people, Israel, in captivity in Egypt. Moses is in a distant land …
1/24/24
Good morning! Text: Mark 13-16; Psalm 20. Mark’s Gospel sweeps along at a very fast clip – it seems it …
1/23/24
Good morning! Text: Mark 10-12; Psalm 19 Psalm 19 is a beautiful celebration of the Word of God. It concludes with a prayer: …
1/22/24
Good morning! Text: Mark 6-9; Psalm 18:25-50 In Mark 9 a man brings his son to Jesus. The boy is possessed by a …
1/21/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. In Mark 6 we read how Jesus, when he comes to his own hometown …
1/20/24
Good morning! Text: Mark 4-6; Psalm 18:1-24 In Mark 5 we find the story of a synagogue ruler named Jairus whose little girl …
1/19/24
Good morning! Text: Mark 1-3; Psalm 17 Mark’s Gospel is very concentrated – not a lot of details and a …
1/18/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 47-50; Psalm 16 Psalm 16 is a Psalm of trust, written by King David. In verse 3 he …
1/17/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 43-46; Psalm 15 The sovereignty of God is on display in today’s Genesis reading. Joseph has been sold into …
1/16/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 40-42; Psalm 14. The story of Joseph is the story of a good and sovereign God. When Joseph is in prison …
1/15/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 37-39; Psalm 13 In these parts of Genesis, we read the noble account of Joseph which is interrupted by the seamy …
1/14/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. Good morning! Text: Genesis 33-35; Psalm 12 Every bit of Scripture has meaning …
1/13/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 33-36, Psalm 12 Psalm 12 contains this gemstone: The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a …
1/12/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 30-32; Psalm 11 The story of Jacob is most curious. He connives, cheats, maneuvers and manipulates. But …
1/11/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 27-29; Psalm 10. These stories in Genesis are astonishing. There is a curious theme in these chapters, reminiscent of jokes about …
1/10/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 24-26; Psalm 9 The covenant promise God made to Abraham is passed on to his son Isaac. …
1/9/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 21-23; Psalm 8 The story of Abraham taking Isaac up the mountain to be sacrificed (Genesis 22) is pretty …
1/8/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 18-20; Psalm 7 The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah are stark statements of God’s wrath upon wickedness. The truth …
1/7/24
Good morning! Today is a reflection day. If you are new to this Bible reading schedule, it typically assigns readings …
1/6/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 15-17; Psalm 6 In Genesis 16 we read the story of Hagar, the servant of Abraham and Sarah. She bears a child …
1/5/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 12-14; Psalm 5 In today’s Genesis text we begin the story of Abraham. The first step out of the box is the account of God’s initial …
1/4/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 10-11; Psalm 4 As I read each day, I underline verses that speak to me. Genesis is …
1/3/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 6-9; Psalm 3 The Lord brings a flood upon the earth, an event of divine and appropriate judgement on sinful …
1/2/24
Good morning! Text: Genesis 3-5, Psalm 2 Good morning! Text: Genesis 3-5; Psalm 2 Cain, the first human ever born, murders his own brother. …
1/1/24
Good morning, and Happy New Year! Text: Genesis 1-2; Psalm 1 And so, a new year of reading through the Bible begins. Genesis brings us the very …