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1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) As we enter a new year, change is happening. Change always precipitates or occurs concurrently with a transition in our lives. The reading from 1 Samuel is all about transitions. This story of Samuel and Eli was probably collected, edited, and placed into the book we call 1 Samuel during the…
Génesis 1:1-5 Ahora creemos que este pasaje se escribió en la época de la cautividad de Babilonia (siglo VI aC), cuando Israel había sido derrotado, el templo había sido destruido, y muchos de su pueblo había sido enviados al exilio. Uno de los grandes desafíos que enfrenta el pueblo hebreo habría implicado sus dudas –…
Genesis 1:1-5 We now believe that this passage was committed to written form around the time of the Babylonian Captivity (6th century BC) when Israel had been defeated, the temple had been destroyed, and many of her people had been sent into exile. One of the great challenges facing the Hebrew people would have involved…
Numbers 6:22-27 This famous blessing seems to stand alone in its context, coming right after a long set of instructions (on the consecration of Nazirites) and immediately before the narrative on the completion and consecration of the tabernacle. Sandwiched between these consecrations we have the priestly blessing of all Israel, petitioning God to turn his…
2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 In today’s Old Testament reading, we find David trying to take care of God. In response, God firmly reminds David that, in fact, it is God who is in charge, who will make a house for David. So often we, like David, allow our own anxiety to propel us into action….
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Isaiah is the first book of the Latter Prophets, which are mostly made up of prophecies written in a poetic style. Isaiah is closely linked with the books of Kings, which together address the destiny of Jerusalem. The books of Kings end with the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the…
Isaiah 40:1-11 The chapel of the Good Shepherd here at General Theological Seminary has a really sweet-looking Jesus with a lamb in his arms behind the altar. He is gazing into its little lamby face with gentle love. On the outside of the chapel, however, is another image of Jesus the Good Shepherd; in that…
Isaiah 64:1-9 This reading is fantastic! Presented here as a song, Isaiah starts proclaiming God’s awesome power and glory, and somewhere in the middle he realizes that in the presence of that glory, we all messed up! “We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy…
Ephesians 1:15-23 Paul’s exuberant prayer of thanksgiving for the church in Ephesus is like the joy of a parent who observes a child’s development from one milestone to the next. His joy is that their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ could be seen and testified of in their love for fellow believers. This is…
Judges 4:1-7 “The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.” As the people of God, Israel repeatedly turned their backs on God, who saved them and gave them the Law by which to direct their lives. And, turning their backs on Him – doing evil – always landed them in…
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