LCR: Éxodo 16:2-15; Salmo 105: 1-6, 37-45; Filipenses 1:21-30; Mateo 20:1-16 Éxodo 16:2-15 A primera vista, podríamos simpatizar con los israelitas murmuradores. Después de todo, necesitamos comida para sobrevivir, y es probable que todos hayamos pasado hambre alguna vez.  Sin embargo, la murmuración de los israelitas no se trata simplemente de su falta de alimento;…

RCL: Exodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 Exodus 16:2-15 At first glance, we might sympathize with the murmuring Israelites. After all, we need food to survive, and we have likely all been “hangry” once or twice. Yet the murmuring of the Israelites is not simply about their lack of food; it is…

Jonah 3:10-4:11 Jonah has technically done what he was commanded – go to Nineveh and preach repentance. Even though the people listened and God relented, Jonah is livid. He leaves the town, builds a booth, and pouts. God directs a bush to come up to protect Jonah from the heat and Jonah takes that as…

Jonás 3: 10-4: 11 Jonás técnicamente ha hecho lo que se le ordenó: ir a Nínive y predicar el arrepentimiento. Aunque la gente escuchó y Dios cedió, Jonás está furioso. Se va de la ciudad, construye una choza y pone mala cara. Dios ordena que salga un arbusto para proteger a Jonás del calor y…

Exodus 16:2-15 Have you ever felt true physical hunger? The kind that creates a dull, aching delirium in which nothing matters other than finding nourishment? In the West, we are largely removed from this experience, and so it is difficult to fully inhabit the desperation of the hungry Israelites, wandering and woeful. And so we…

Éxodo 16:2-15 ¿Alguna vez has sentido verdadera hambre? ¿La clase que crea un delirio sordo y dolorido en el que nada importa más que encontrar alimento? En Occidente, estamos ampliamente alejados de esta experiencia, por lo que es difícil vivir plenamente la desesperación de los hambrientos israelitas, errantes y lamentándose. Y así estamos igualmente alejados…

Exodus 16: 2-15 Often people are quick to mis-characterize the God of the Older Testament as a “wrathful God.” In today’s passage from Exodus we see again the seemingly tireless patience God continues to bestow on his “chosen” flock who so quickly return to fear and accusation even though they have experienced God’s salvation and…

Éxodo16:2-15 A menudo las personas se apresuran a caracterizar el Dios del Antiguo Testamento como “Dios iracundo”. En el pasaje de hoy de Éxodo vemos de nuevo la paciencia aparentemente incansable que Dios continúa otorgando en su “elegido” rebaño para que vuelva rápidamente al miedo y acusación a pesar de que han experimentado la salvación…

Jonah 3:10-4:11 When Jonah prayed to God from the belly of the great fish he said, “Deliverance belongs to the Lord!” But now Jonah has forgotten that lesson. Jonah thinks it is his right to judge the people of Ninevah, and to demand their punishment. Then when God changes his mind about destroying the city,…