by Steve Thomason | Dec 21, 2016 | Devos
Today’s reading from the Narrative Lectionary is Luke 1:46-56. This is Mary’s famous song, traditionally called the Magnificat. I wrote about it yesterday in the blog post titled “Blessed is She Who Believed.” That post elicited some positive response. One reader...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 20, 2016 | Devos
The scheduled reading for today is Luke 1:39-45. At first glance it may seem like this is a transition passage between the big announcement to Mary that she would conceive, even though she is a virgin (Luke 1:26-38) and Mary’s famous song (the...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 29, 2016 | Devos
This weekend is the second week of Advent. We will light the candle of LOVE. The Narrative Lectionary calls for Joel 2:12-13, 28-29. I preached on this text, on Advent 2, four years ago and created this image back then. You can hear the sermon here. Now, I come to the...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 8, 2016 | Devos
The election is raging across the country as I write this blog post. I have the Google election results window open next to my post entry screen, so I can see which color the country will be in the morning as I write these thoughts. The thing that is more interesting...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2016 | Devos
The text for the upcoming sermon is Genesis 15:1-6. God had made a promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 that he would make his descendants into a great nation and that through that nation all nations would be blessed. Abraham had left everything to follow God’s...