Blogging Through the Bible, Devotionals, Lent

The Offer of Life-Giving Water

Intentionally avoiding people, a woman heads out to draw water in the midday heat. Blazing sun would surely keep people in their homes and protected from the sun. She thought she had it down until that particular day. A man sat at the well, possibly in prayer, and beckoned the woman to give him a… Read More The Offer of Life-Giving Water

Devotionals, Lent

Calling Us Out of Our Wilderness

Settling in the wilderness of our contemporary living has brought comfort and compliance. We fulfill thirst in automation on the front of our refrigerators and hunger subsides at the push of a bottom on our microwaves. Our thoughts find comfort in bingeing on favorite mindless comedies. Aches and pains subside by pills from our mirrored… Read More Calling Us Out of Our Wilderness

Blogging Through the Bible, Devotionals, Lent

The Word, Distinct and Divine

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.… Read More The Word, Distinct and Divine