by Steve Thomason | Sep 25, 2015 | Devos
Today’s Story: Genesis 32:3-21. Have you ever had one of those moments when you are in a store, you are ready to go through the check out line, and you run into THAT person? It is the person to whom you did something or about whom you said something that hurt...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 24, 2015 | Devos
Today’s story: Genesis 28:10-22 The lying, cheating Jacob is running for his life. He just stole his brother’s blessing and is trying to save his own skin. If you were God, what would you do to and with Jacob at this point? God does something amazing....
by Steve Thomason | Sep 23, 2015 | Devos
Today’s Story: Genesis 27:1-45. The name Jacob means heel or deceiver. Jacob was born grabbing the heel of his twin brother Esau and the boys wrestled for power throughout their lives. Esau was the big, strong “man’s man” who loved hunting and...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 22, 2015 | Devos
Today’s text: Genesis 25:19-34. Have you ever heard the expression, “That person was born ______?” You can fill in the blank with whatever adjective or verb that characterizes a person’s lifestyle. Some people are born talking, or selling, or...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 21, 2015 | Devos
Text: Genesis 22:1-19. Our College-Age Group used Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking over this past summer. The book is intended to be a type of Narrative Lectionary and provides a weekly commentary that walks through the entire Bible, following...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 18, 2015 | Devos
Today’s Text: Genesis 17:1-22. The overarching theme for this year, at our church, is Cultivate: Making Room for God’s Promise. Today’s story records the famous covenant between God and Abraham where the language of cultivation, fruitfulness, and...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2015 | Devos
Today’s reading: Genesis 16:1-15. Do you ever get impatient with God? Sometimes it can seem like God’s timing is so slow that we want to take things into our own hands and make things happen in our lives. That’s what Sarah did in our story today. God...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 16, 2015 | Devos
Today’s Text: Genesis 12:1-9. Have you ever had an eye exam? Think about that giant machine that simulates every set of lenses possible. You place your eyes in position and the doctor starts flipping lenses while you try to read the chart. “Do you prefer 1...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 15, 2015 | Devos
There is great irony in today’s story found in Genesis 9:1-28. On the one hand we see an amazing story of repentance and love from God toward the world. God had just completely wiped out all living things on the planet because of human violence. Then, God...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 14, 2015 | Devos
The bright blue waves crash on the white sand, pulsing the ancient heartbeat. The salty breeze gently presses against my face. It is wonderfully ironic that the first day back to writing daily devos for our next journey with the Narrative Lectionary would happen while...
