Philippians 2:6-11 Am I ready? The big day is almost here. Have I adequately cleaned the house, purchased the presents, prepped the dinner, and spruced up the spare bedroom for Grammy to stay in tonight? Have I hung enough ornaments on the tree, placed candles and...
Luke 2:1-4 (NRSV) Recalling these familiar verses in Luke reminds us of two different ways we often experience scripture as well as life experiences. For example, just like Luke’s verses, I remember the Panama Canal from 3rd grade by rote recall. But then, when I...
Luke 1:39-56 When Mary visited Elizabeth, there was a stirring within the old woman’s womb. “The babe leaped for joy.” Pregnant women feel movements as the unborn turns inside them and expectant fathers watch with awe when they see the ripple of the mother’s layers of...
Matthew 1:18-23 There is a commercial that features a man in a variety of situations in which he is about to do something he will likely regret afterwards. At each critical juncture, a car horn sounds and he retreats. In one scene we see him playing poker and about to...
Luke 1:30-38 These verses focus on Mary, who was probably a teenage girl and apparently a virgin. Considering Mary from a bio psychosocial perspective she is biologically female, probably not much past the age of puberty, naive and is engaged to a man named Joseph....
