Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, for there is no help in them.When they breathe their last, they return to earth, and in that day their thoughts perish.Psalm 146:2-3 (Book of Common Prayer, p. 803) I will apologize at the outset if this post sounds like a rant; butContinueContinue reading “PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN RULERS”
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THE MAN IN THE ARENA
Accept your share of suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Nobody who serves in the military gets tied up with civilian matters, so that they can please the one who recruited them.[2 Timothy 2:3-4 Common English Bible] The words of the Apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy echoed in my mind yesterday morning whenContinueContinue reading “THE MAN IN THE ARENA”
LENT 2021 – DAY 22
Jeremiah 13:1-11 Romans 6:12-23 John 8:47-59 Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.” [John 8:58] My paternal grandmother in Puerto Rico, 1979 A few months ago I received an email from a lady who wondered whether we were related. We had both had our DNA ancestryContinueContinue reading “LENT 2021 – DAY 22”