Now What? Isaiah of Jerusalem Waits for Immanuel Read: Isaiah 7:1-17 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz…
Now What? An Update from the Samaritan Woman at the Well Read: John 4:1-42 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything…
Now What? A Letter from Orpah Read: Ruth 1-4 Then [Naomi]started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the LORD had considered his…
Now What? Getting Past the Fatted Calf Read: Luke 15:11-32 Then [the elder son] became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and began to plead with him. But he answered his father, ‘Listen!…
Now What? Esther Lives Unhappily Ever After Read: Esther 1-10 (note especially Esther 2) Now Esther was admired by all who saw her. When Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in his royal palace in the tenth…
Now What? Martha Gets a Do-Over Read: Luke 10:38-42 (See also John 11:1-45 and 12:1-7) Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her…
Now What? Jonah Finally Gets the Point Read: Jonah 1-4 When God saw that [the people of Nineveh] did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said…
Rest in the Lord The Cattle on a Thousand Hills Bovine neighbor in the Angrogna Valley, Italy "For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills." (Psalm 50:10, NRSV)
Rest in the Lord God’s Steadfast Love Extends to the Heavens Angrogna Valley - Northwest Italy "Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds." (Psalm 36:5, NRSV)
Rest in the Lord A Watered Garden Roseto Comunale - Rome, Italy "...their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall never languish again." (Jeremiah 31:12b)
