Week 3 of our Justice Series: REUNITING FOR JUSTICE
FIRST READING Psalm 133The Blessedness of Unity: A Song of Ascents.How very good and pleasant it iswhen kindred live together in unity!It is like the precious oil on the head,running down upon the beard,on the beard of Aaron,running down over the collar of his robes.It is like the dew of…
Week 2 of our Justice Series: RETHINKING JUSTICE
August 20, 2023 Matthew 23:23 & Luke 10:29-37 FIRST READING Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to…
Week 1 of our Justice Series: RECLAIMING JUSTICE
August 13, 2023 Amos 5:10-17, 21-24 10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth. 11 Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn stone,…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: Ezra & Nehemiah
Ezra 1:1-4; 3:8-13Luke 18:1-8 FIRST READING Ezra 1:1-4; 3:8-131In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of theLord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of KingCyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all hiskingdom and also in writing,…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: Josiah
2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Luke 10:25-28 FIRST READING 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-38 The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I havefound the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” When Hilkiah gavethe book to Shaphan, he read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary came tothe king and reported to the king, “Your servants have melted down thesilver that was found in…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: Aaron
Exodus 28:1-5; Ephesians 6:10-17 FIRST READING Exodus 28:1-51 “Then bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him,from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’ssons: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 You shall make sacredvestments for the glorious adornment of your brother Aaron. 3 And youshall speak to all who are skillful, whom I…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: Jonathan
1 Samuel 18:1-5; 2 Samuel 1:17-27; John 15:12-17 FIRST READING 1 Samuel 18:1-51When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathanwas bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.2 Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’shouse. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he lovedhim as his own soul. 4…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: The Women of the Exodus
Exodus 1:13-22; 2:15-22; 15:20-21 FIRST READING Exodus 1:13-2213 The Egyptians subjected the Israelites to hard servitude 14 andmade their lives bitter with hard servitude in mortar and bricks and inevery kind of field labor. They were ruthless in all the tasks that theyimposed on them.15 The king…
Hidden Heroes of the Bible: Elisha
2 Kings 4:26-37 Luke 8:40-42, 49-56 FIRST READING 2 Kings 4:25-37When the man of God (Elisha) saw her coming, he said to Gehazihis servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman; 26 run at once tomeet her and say to her: Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Isthe child all right?” She answered, “It is all right.” 27 When she came tothe man of God at the mountain,…
Holy Trinity Sunday
Psalm 8 FIRST READING Psalm 81 O LORD, our Sovereign,how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.2 Out of the mouths of babes and infantsyou have founded a bulwark because of your foes,to silence the enemy and the avenger.3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars that you have established;4 what…