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Jeremiah 30:17 Veterans Week ——– But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord ——– During the height of the pandemic, a special monument opened in Washington DC. There were no crowds or speeches. No pomp or circumstance. Just quiet and solitude in a forgotten river bottom. It was the […]

Galatians 3–First Nations Version Veterans Week, One People ——— It no longer matters whether you are Tribal Members or Wisdom Seekers (Greeks), slaves or free, male or female. For in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One you are all one people. And since you belong to the Chosen One, you are a descendant of […]

Isaiah 40: Veterans Week ——- A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord make straight in the desert a highway for our God ——– The prophet Isaiah heard the Spirit calling God’s people home to a place they had never been before. God would make a way where there […]

John 10: Veterans Week ——– Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. ——– The gate is placed in the gap to […]

1 Timothy 2: Pray for them! ——- First of all, let petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— For rulers and all those in authority— That we may live peaceful and quiet lives In all godliness and holiness. ——– We are blessed to live in this great land Yes, there are still […]

Ecclesiasticus 44:1 All Saints Day Part 2 Dia de Muertos ——– Now let us praise great and famous women and men Our ancestors in their generations! ——– It’s November 2, and in much of the world, folks are still celebrating All Saints Day–Dia de Muertos. It’s a two day festival, inviting the saints to walk […]

Wisdom of Solomon 3: Happy All Saints Day (Dia de Muertos) ——– The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, and their going from us […]

Psalm 30:5 ——– Darkness may come for the night But joy comes in the morning ——– Ancient people knew that the end of October was a thin place A time when the veil between this life and the next is porous They celebrated with bonfires and masquerades and mischief The early church couldn’t stop the […]

1 Samuel 28: Double, double, toil and trouble ——– Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.” “There is one in Endor,” they said. So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to […]

Psalm 102 Singing the Blues ————— My days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones. I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on […]