A daily walk in faith, hope and love
Luke 7:24-26 An interesting question about pursuit comes into the frame of conversation in the address Jesus gives today's Gospel. We read it as follows: When John’s messengers left, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John: “What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? But what... Continue Reading →
338/365 Luke 5:19 Because of the crowd, however, they could find no way to take him in. So they carried him up on the roof, made an opening in the tiles, and let him down on his bed into the middle of the group in front of Jesus A rather brusk information to start with... Continue Reading →
337/365 Creating good recipes for any food item takes time and often multiple repetitions to perfect. However, there is a shortcut to apply when one wants to create 'a recipe for disaster'. The only requirement is to simply put things that are incompatible in the same space and let time run its course. The text... Continue Reading →
329/365 Luke 21:34-35 Watch out! Don’t let my sudden coming catch you unawares; don’t let me find you living in careless ease, carousing and drinking, and occupied with the problems of this life, like all the rest of the world Alternative introductions to today's verse are 'Be on your guard! Be careful! Take Care! All... Continue Reading →
316/365 In writing his second letter to the Thessalonians, St Paul writes this"For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”(3:20) One thing I remember from a recent workshop is the dynamics between competency and commitment. I realised that while competency is... Continue Reading →
321/365 Luke 17:7-8 Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and... Continue Reading →
261/365 We sometimes thrive on the prospect of the odd one-the one in a million chance that something might not follow the expected norm. Yet, every now and then we arrive at a place where no such variations seem applicable.Today's text is one of such 'No one lights a lamp and then covers it with... Continue Reading →
253/365 God's charges against Israel were valid and Israel was indeed blameworthy bevause they have done everything 'themselves'. The charges read:"They have corrupted themselvesThey have not walked I the way I showedThey have made for themselves a golden calf and worshipped it as their god". On these grounds, an equivalent and proportionate response was not... Continue Reading →
249/365 Matthew 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. God is the great architect who... Continue Reading →
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