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[The Psalms] Songs of the Soul

by Janice MacLean | Apr 15, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“Blessed, O blessed, I say are those who walk upon a path whose steps are firmly planted on your eternal law, For in that word they find their joy, their meditation day and night, and do not wander far to take the counsels of the worldly wise.”...

[The Book of Job] The Jagged Edge of Suffering

by Janice MacLean | Apr 8, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?” – Job 28:12 Job is Everyone. So the Rabbi’s say. Job is everyone who has ever suffered. Job is everyone who has ever questioned the reason for their pain. Job is you. Job is...

[Esther] She Didn’t Hold Her Peace

by Janice MacLean | Apr 1, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.” – Esther...

[Nehemiah] Pop Up Prayers

by Janice MacLean | Mar 24, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.” – Nehemiah 6:9 (NIV) Nehemiah worries me All that talk of building a wall, and enforcing...

[Ezra] Honouring Differences

by Janice MacLean | Mar 15, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.” – Ezra 3:12 Ezra was a scribe. He had a mind for...

[I & II Chronicles] Again, For the First Time

by Janice MacLean | Mar 4, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.” – I Chronicles 17:19 The Book of Chronicles recites the story of the people of God and their pilgrimage through the...

[II Kings] The Astonishing Confidence of a Little Maid

by Janice MacLean | Feb 28, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” – II Kings 5:3 The fifth chapter belongs to him. It’s his story. Naaman, powerful commander of the army, friend of the King...

[I Kings] The Giver of All

by Janice MacLean | Feb 22, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.” I Kings 17:16 (NRSV) Elijah, the prophet, comes out of the desert – where the river beds have turned to dust and the...

[II Samuel]: A House in Us

by Janice MacLean | Feb 16, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“[David] said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” – II Samuel 7:2 King David wants to do something beautiful for God. David is settled in Jerusalem, the city of David. It is a time of...

[I Samuel] Solitary, Whispered Prayer

by Janice MacLean | Feb 11, 2018 | Lectionary & Scripture, Reflections

“Hannah was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.” 1 Samuel 1:10 When I lived in Israel I loved to go to the Western Wall, an ancient limestone wall remnant of the second temple, a place of prayer and pilgrimage for Jewish people....

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[The Psalms] Songs of the Soul

[The Book of Job] The Jagged Edge of Suffering

[Esther] She Didn’t Hold Her Peace

[Nehemiah] Pop Up Prayers

[Ezra] Honouring Differences

[I & II Chronicles] Again, For the First Time

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[I Kings] The Giver of All

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