What a Difference a Word Makes Welcome to the Crew Read: Genesis 1:24-31 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over…
What a Difference a Word Makes All Is Vanity? Read: Ecclesiastes 1 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:2, NRSV). I was watching a murder mystery the other day. It was in…
Now What? Baruch: As Time Goes By Read: Jeremiah 40:1-6; Jeremiah 42-45 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: You said, “Woe is me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain;…
Now What? Hagar’s Hope Read: Genesis 16:1-16; 21:8-21; 25:7-18 But Abram said to Sarai, “Your slave-girl is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she…
Now What? Melchior’s Memoirs Read: Matthew 2:1-19 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child…
