Many of the Psalms are prayers.  Our reading for today from Psalm 25 is a prayer appropriate in any season, but even more so during Lent.  It is a prayer for wisdom and guidance for living and forgiveness for past wrongs.

These six verses from Proverbs are perhaps more relevant today than they were two and half millennia ago.  Read them over carefully and think about the state of our society at present.

Revelation is and has been for centuries a troubling and difficult book for people to understand.  It is shrouded in mystery and with its often-bizarre imagery it is well-suited for creativity and imagination to run wild—even at the expense of historical accuracy and theological integrity

In our reading for today, we have another version of this love imperative:  “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”  Our example of love is the way Jesus loves us.