Contemplating Grace

Life Notes—July 22, 2010 “So I say unto you, ‘Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.  For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.’”  Luke 11:9-10  A few weeks ago … Continue reading Wishful Praying

Life Notes—July 15, 2010  “But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, so she came to him and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself?  Tell her then to help me.’  But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted … Continue reading The Most Needful Thing

Life Notes—July 8, 2010  “’Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’  He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’  Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’”  Luke 16:36-37  It happened at the large gathering of family and friends in the … Continue reading The Contemplative Samaritan

Life Notes—July 1, 2010  “Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.  If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit...So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us … Continue reading Sowing and Reaping

Life Notes—June 24, 2010 “For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.  For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”  Galatians 5: 13-14  One of … Continue reading A Slave to Me

Life Notes—June 17, 2010 “Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness...’  So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.”  Genesis 1:26a, 27  My father was a funny, out-going man.  He was a proud papa and … Continue reading Who’s Your Daddy?

Life Notes—June 3, 2010  “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you… Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  Luke 6:27, 31  A number of years ago a former pastor of … Continue reading Uncomfortable Commands

Life Notes—May 27, 2010  “…suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”  Romans 5:3b-5  This passage comes from the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Romans, … Continue reading Suffering’s Greater Purpose

Life Notes—May 20, 2010  “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested … Continue reading Divided Tongues

Life Notes—May 13, 2010  “The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one.  I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as … Continue reading Different, yet One