LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Psalm 80:2ac, 3b, 15, 17 O shepherd of Israel, hearken, From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth. Rouse your power. O LORD, look down from heaven, Take care of this vine. And protect what your right hand has planted, The son of man whom you yourself made strong. Let us see your face, LORD, and we shall be saved. MEDITATIO - Meditate on text, allow the LORD to touch us with His Word: Do I recognize my vulnerability apart from God? Do I

It happens occasionally. I get to a specific spot, sensing that I am on a mission because there’s real purpose in my movement, only to stop, look around and ask myself, “Now, why am I here?”. At times, when I am not focused, when I am multitasking beyond my plate’s capacity, I find this happens. Usually, if I stop, look around myself but also consider what I was doing just prior to my latest trek, I can remember my momentary mission. I believe that happens to me, also, on the

LECTIO - Read Scripture Text: Matthew 10:1-7 Jesus called to himself his twelve disciples, and he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddeus, Simon t

Last night, eight other women and I gathered at my home for dinner followed by scripture study. We set the table and spread the food as we chatted in different circles, then we sat down, and prayed to the LORD to join us and guide us as we ate and talked and to be with us when we opened His Word. And as providence would have it, we were going to be covering one of my favorite lines in scripture: “For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you