Online Bible Meditation: Michaelmas Edition

Saint Michael; stained glass
in the Pfarrkirche St. Martin in Linz am Rhein (Germany)
The legend says, "Hail, Michael, you warrior of God." 

Suggested daily Lectio divina - Week of September 27, 2015

September 27: Psalm 34: 1 - 8

September 28 -  Luke 9: 46 - 48

September 29: Feast of St, Michael & All Angels - Luke 9: 5 - 62

September 30: Psalm 19: 7 - 14

October 1: John 1: 47 - 51

October 2: Psalm 11

October 3: Psalm 12

Audio Divina: Introducing Nadia Bolz-Webber

Nadia Bolz-Webber, the author of the book for our up-coming Saturday Book Study (Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People) is the founding pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado.  They worship in the tradition of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Pastor Bolz-Webeer was interviewed by Krista Tippett (On Being) in 2014.

This week's audio divina is a link to the published podcast HERE. (Play the published podcast or the un-edited version by clicking on the appropriate link in the right side-bar of that page.)  Enjoy!

Up-coming in October!

"The Bible for Dummies" Book Study

starts Monday September 28 - 7:00 p.m.

and

continues weekly!

Fall Supper - Thursday, October 1 - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday Book Study Begins

 October 3 - 10 a.m. - noon

Prayer Vigil -  Saturday October 3 - 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Taize Worship - Friday, October 9 - 7:00 p.m.

Online Bible Meditation: Feast of St. Matthew Edition

The Evangelsit Matthew and the Angel
Rembrandt, ca. 1661

Suggested daily Lectio divina - Week of September 20, 2015

September 20: Mark 8: 31-38

September 21 -  The Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist - 1 Peter 1: 13 - 25

September 22: Ephesians 2: 11 - 22

September 23: 1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 31

September 24: Psalm 98: 1 - 6

September 25: James 3: 13 - 18

September 26: Mark 9: 33 - 37

God of love and justice, you make known your ways in the lives of your saints.  Your Son called Matthew known as Levi, a loathed tax collector and swindler, to be His apostle and evangelist.  As with Matthew, free us from all greed and selfish love that we may follow in the steps of Jesus Christ our Lord now and always.  AMEN.

 -- adapted from the Book of Alternative Services

Online Bible Meditation: Feast of the Holy Cross Edition

Feast of the (Holy) Cross (icon fromYaroslavl by Gury Nikitin, 1680.Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)

Suggested daily Lectio divina - Week of September 13, 2015

September 13: James 2: 1-10

September 14 - Holy Cross Day:  Acts 4: 23-31

September 15: Colossians 1: 24 - 2: 3

September 16: Psalm 62: 1-7

September 17: Proverbs 2: 1-8

September 18: Psalm 62: 8-12

September 19: James 3: 1-12

Poetry in Ordinary Time

This week...from Mary Oliver:

Landscape

Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that
they have no tongues, could lecture
all day if they wanted about

spiritual patience? Isn't it clear
the black oaks along the path are standing
as though they were the most fragile of flowers?

Every morning I walk like this around
the pond, thinking: if the doors of my heart
ever close, I am as good as dead.

Every morning, so far, I'm alive. And now
the crows break off from the rest of the darkness
and burst up into the sky—as though

 all night they had thought of what they would liketheir lives to be, and imaginedtheir strong, thick wings.

Online Bible Meditation (Labour Day Edition)

Suggested daily Lectio divina - Week of September 6, 2015

September 6: Psalm 15

September 7: Happy Labour Day! - Mark 7: 17 - 23

September 8: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Hosea 14: 1 - 4

September 9: Luke 4: 16 - 30

September 10: Psalm 115: 1 - 13

September 11: Proverbs 22: 1, 2, 9, 11-12

September 12: Psalm 125