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At the National Day of Prayer service we had yesterday, our First Selectman read the following. He said he found it on the Internet and it really struck him.
Thank you to blog reader Jodi B. for sharing this version of the 23rd Psalm with me!
The Christian Science Lesson Sermon that we hear on Sundays in Christian Science churches is available to be read and studied during the preceding week.
It says something when you truly wear out a Bible! He’s starting to use a “new” one that was his mother’s because too many pages are falling out of his own…
– Today, I realized an oversight: I have never plugged my husband’s blog here on mine. His is called The Bible Speaks to You, 19855
Blog reader Libby shared with me some quotes her friend Karen put in the Palo Alto Reading Room window for National Bible Week, and I thought you might enjoy seeing them:
I have studied the story of the tower of Babel before. To me it is a lesson about getting so ahead of oneself with one’s own abilities that you forget about God. It’s about being so full of yourself that you work for your own gain instead of for God’s glory. It is about pride … Read more
One of the great things about Creative Arts Camp is the morning meeting where we start our day hymn singing, doing collective Bible Study, and sharing inspirations. Just entering the incredible space on that peninsula overlooking the lake on both sides with incredible music by Phoebe (cello) and Linda (piano) is profoundly uplifting. The Bible … Read more
Very timely for me, I read today the book of Ecclesiastes from the Message version of the Bible. Below I quote from the translator’s preface to the book and then a bit of the text. Interestingly, “Vanities” was repeatedly translated as “spitting in the wind.” I loved that. “Ecclesiastes is a famous witness to this … Read more
How do you define the Holy Ghost? You can thank my husband for the list below, sourced from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. It is a joy to know that the Holy Ghost is always at work, without interruption, eternally! Check out the fruits of … Read more
As a Christian Scientist, I take my weekly Bible Lesson study very seriously. This is simultaneously grounding and elevating. I recommend it highly! Here in this post are some of my recent study notes; I limit myself to two pages of notes per week, wanting to squeeze the essence out of each topic. And of … Read more
This week in my Bible study, I have been stunned by the story of Zelophehad’s daughters, which you can find in the book of Numbers, chapters 26 and 27. Basically, Zelophehad passed on with no sons to receive his inheritance, and women were not allowed to by law. But his daughters, not wanting to lose … Read more
This version of Psalm 23 is from Walter Wangerin’s The Book of God: The Bible As a Novel, page 255: I am not lonely. God is here. Hand at my shoulder. Word in my ear. The Lord is the shepherd who leads me down to quiet pools and a soft green ground. He feeds, restores, … Read more
I am a regular writer for the Danbury News Times Forum on Faith Series. Here is today’s column on preventing Swine Flu: God’s Complete Control Can Cancel Disease People often think of Christian Scientists as “those people that don’t go to doctors.” This is misleading. We are simply people that go to God first when … Read more
A review of this book in the Christian Science Monitor said, “This remarkable book will stir and provoke thought. It offers rewards to any reader concerned with the promise and power of faith, and the hunger for spiritual discovery.” It lived up to this description and much more. Pagels makes clear how choosing the gospel … Read more
Do you know the story of Hosea in the Bible? This Christian story mirrors it with a good man told by God to marry a prostitute and all that then ensues. Taking place during the California Gold Rush it is a believable story and a fast, satisfying read. The harsh realities of child prostitution are … Read more
I’ve been reading the Message translation of the Bible. Here are some tidbits from Psalms 1- 25…