Blog Round-Up April 1-14
So, into April, and we’re into our fourth book of the Bible, and we’re looking to be “Inspired by Numbers”: #BigBible http://saamvisual.com Laura Skyes discovers that the Book of Numbers is ‘not about...
View ArticleMartha of Bethany (@seeking1st)
Distracted and busy, with not enough time for what matters most. Does that describe you? In spite of being retired, I still feel like that at times. How dreadful to be remembered for being a worrier...
View ArticleWas the Old Testament God a forgiving or vengeful God? Reflection on 1 Samuel...
William de Brailes [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons“So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings”. (1 Samuel 3:14...
View ArticleWomen of the Gospels: Woman who mixed yeast into flour
Image JaBB, CC via Flickr Do you ever make bread? I do sometimes but never use more than about 3lb of flour at a time. The focus today in my women of the gospels series is the woman in the shortest of...
View ArticleWomen of the Gospels: What did the servant see? (@Seeking1st)
Source: Wikipedia She was anonymous. No one remembers her name or thought it important to record. She was young. She was of the lowest social status, a servant girl, probably a bond servant or slave....
View ArticleEternal Memory (@UnshaunSheep)
Eternal Memory is a song (Vechnaya Pamyat) which comes at the end of the Orthodox funeral service. The British composer Sir John Tavener died on Tuesday. Among his many works were a lot of sacred...
View ArticleThe Magnificat and the Media of the Church: Amplifying the Voice of the...
I spoke at CNMAC on “EcclesioMedia.” By this awkward word I am referring to the specific media God has assigned to the church (like preaching, the sacraments, communicative spiritual gifts, etc.) as...
View ArticleEchoes and earthquakes (@TheAlethiophile) #DigiDisciple
The world is replete with symbols and symbolic actions, the bible no less so. 2 Kings marks the handover from Elijah to Elisha, as the latter takes up the former’s mantle in 2:13. Straight away, his...
View ArticleElisha Signpost to Jesus? (@minidvr)
Elisha raises the son of the Shunammites http://thebiblerevival.com/clipart47.htm (before 1923, Wikipedia) A reflection on the parallells between some miracles of Elisha and those of the New Testament:...
View ArticleHow Important is The Chronicle of Jesus’ genealogy? A Reflection on 1...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AMonreale_flickr01.jpg 1 Chronicles is in essence a genealogical history of the Jewish Race from Adam onwards. It consists of pages of names of the generations...
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