Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 53 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 15:10-23 (NRSV, The Message); Revelation 21:22-22:5 (NRSV, The Message) "Samuel was angry; and he cried out to the Lord all night."1 Sa...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 53 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 13:23-14:23 (NRSV, The Message); Galatians 6:11-18 (NRSV, The Message) "Maybe God will work for us. There’s no rule that says God can o...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 20 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 (NRSV, The Message); 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 (NRSV, The Message); Mark 4:26-34 (NRSV, The Message) God addressed Samuel: “So, ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 20 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 13:1-5a (NRSV, The Message); Mark 4:1-20 (NRSV, The Message) Saul conscripted enough men for three companies of soldiers.1 Samuel 13:2 ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 108 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 10:1-8 (NRSV, The Message); Hebrews 11:4-7 (NRSV, The Message) “Next, you’ll come to Gibeah of God, where there’s a Philistine garriso...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 20 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 9:15-27 (NRSV, The Message); Hebrews 2:5-9 (NRSV, The Message) The very day before, God had confided in Samuel, “This time tomorrow, I’...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 108 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 9:1-14 (NRSV, The Message); Luke 11:14-28 (NRSV, The Message) Saul said to the boy, “Good; come, let us go.” So they went to the town ...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 108 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 8:1-22 (NRSV, The Message); Revelation 20:7-15 (NRSV, The Message) When Samuel got to be an old man, he set his sons up as judges in I...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 108 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 16:14-23 (NRSV, The Message); Revelation 20:1-6 (NRSV, The Message) Let our lord now command the servants who attend you to look for s...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 130 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 8:4-20 (NRSV, The Message); 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 (NRSV, The Message); Mark 3:20-35 (NRSV, The Message) So we’re not giving up. How c...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 130 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 6:1-18 (NRSV, The Message); Luke 8:4-15 (NRSV, The Message) And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?”Th...  Read More

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 130 (NRSV, The Message); 1 Samuel 5:1-12 (NRSV, The Message); 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 (NRSV, The Message) They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Phi...  Read More