This post is sponsored by Bible Study Media. As churches across the country scramble to provide online worship services, some faith leaders are looking for ways to go deeper and create an atmosphere that replicates the life of the church family, amidst a touchless environment. The Rev. Charlie Holt, author and president of Houston-based Bible Study Media, has created … [Read more...] about Touchless Environment Prompts Bible Studies to Go Virtual
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6/9: Ordinary Disciples
Pentecost, June 9 Acts 2:1-21 or Gen. 11:1-9 Ps. 104:25-35, 37 Rom. 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17 (25-27) Gripped by the character sketches in “The Custom House” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an introduction to The Scarlet Letter, I notice aspects of the one room and many tongues mentioned in Acts 2. What is the Catholic Church? Behold. In the custom house of a port, … [Read more...] about 6/9: Ordinary Disciples
6/2: Ascent, Stillness, and Power
7 Easter, June 2 Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Rev. 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 Explaining and defining the three persons of the Trinity while asserting with equal force the one substance of divinity, and then moving on to the ministry of the divine persons in the economy of salvation would likely, even with the economy of a few words, induce my imagined congregation … [Read more...] about 6/2: Ascent, Stillness, and Power
5/26: Such Good Things
6 Easter, May 26 Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Rev. 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9 The composer John Cage completed his talk at the Detroit Institute of Arts. It was, predictably, strange but interesting. The lights went up, questions were invited, and a long silence rested over the hall. Finally, a woman stood and said this: “Yes, but what about the loneliness?” … [Read more...] about 5/26: Such Good Things
5/19: Everyone and Everything
5 Easter, May 19 Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Rev. 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 A child asks of the Passover, “What do you mean by this observance?” (Ex. 12:26). The Vulgate Bible, saying essentially the same thing, uses the word religio for observance, and yet there is something distinctive and stark about the Latin way of construing the question: “Quae est ista religio?” Literally, … [Read more...] about 5/19: Everyone and Everything
5/5: He Fell to the Ground
3 Easter, May 5 Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) Ps. 30 Rev. 5:11-14 John 21:1-19 “Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogue at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem” (Acts 9:1-2). A type of religious zeal is … [Read more...] about 5/5: He Fell to the Ground
4/28: The Lord Has Acted
2 Easter, April 28 Acts 5:27-32 Ps. 118:14-29 or Ps. 150 Rev. 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 The people killed Jesus “by hanging him on a tree.” They stood and watched; they reviled him, and so they reviled their nature, their humanity, their dignity. The brutal death of Jesus inflicted a wound also in the hearts of those who conspired against him, who betrayed him, and who watched … [Read more...] about 4/28: The Lord Has Acted
Easter Day: Announcement
Easter Day, April 21 Acts 10:34-43 or Isa. 65:17-25Ps. 118:1-2, 14-241 Cor. 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 In John’s account of the resurrection, when the beloved disciple entered the tomb, he believed but his belief was unclear. “Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand … [Read more...] about Easter Day: Announcement