About 2,700 years ago, the prophet Isaiah tried to bring hope to a people who had lost all hope. The Babylonians had exiled them from their homeland.
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Years ago, some friends of mine were driving across Texas on I-20. Since it was around 2 am, there wasn’t much traffic. You know how it is at that time of the night. They were sort of groggy and everything seemed a little surreal.
Have you ever thought about how much journeying and traveling there is in the Bible?
Caroline Hwang wrote an article in Newsweek magazine a dozen years ago about her experience of being a child of immigrants who moved to this country two years before she was born. To ensure that she reaped all the advantages of this country, her parents saw to it that she became fully assimilated.
If you have ever felt somewhat inadequate in knowing how to pray, just know that you are in good company. The disciples felt that way and asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Paul wrote in Romans 8:26 that we don’t know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for us “with sighs too deep for words.”
I recently read about Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (1921-1982), known as “The Great Impostor,” who masqueraded as many people — from monks to surgeons to prison wardens. He was the subject of a movie, The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis.
Today’s passage from the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew scriptures is the account of Moses speaking to Joshua as Moses’ life and leadership were coming to an end and Joshua was taking up the mantle of leadership.
The New Testament book of Acts is an account of the life of early Christianity. Much of the book has to do with the Apostle Paul and his activities.
Today’s reading from the book of Proverbs is one of many passages in which wisdom is personified.
The New Testament letter to the Ephesians says: “Be angry without sinning; do not let the sun go down on your anger. Do not provide an opportunity for the devil.” (Ephesians 4:26-27) In some translations it says, “don’t give the devil a foothold.”