by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 8, 2020 | Devotionals
Lamentations 2:1-9 “How the Lord in his anger has humiliated daughter Zion!” (Lamentation 2:1) Reading Lamentations is tricky business. Reading it is risky. On the one hand, whenever catastrophe strikes, we find some sense of relief in reading that God is in control...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Apr 1, 2020 | Devotionals
2 Corinthians 2:14-3:6 “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again?” (2 Corinthians 3:1) It is frequently clear from Paul’s letters that being an itinerate preacher who worked in local communities only for a limited time before moving on (indeed, before being called...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 25, 2020 | Devotionals
Psalm 147:1-11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre. He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 18, 2020 | Devotionals
Genesis 45:16-28 “[Pharaoh said], ‘Give no thought to your possessions, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’ The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons according to the instruction of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey. To each...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 11, 2020 | Devotionals
Mark 4:1-20 “And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word.” (Mark 4:13-14) Context matters. Context always matters. We’re tempted to read this parable as some sort of spiritual...
by Rev. Jeffrey A. Schooley | Mar 4, 2020 | Devotionals
Mark 1:29-45 “As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then...
