by Emrys | Sep 1, 2017 | Above Tree Line, September 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion James 1: 19-21 “Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.” I have a friend who is, shall we say, very well seasoned. He taught at the middle school and high school level for 20 years. He is a recovering...
by Emrys | Aug 28, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Daily Devotion–Luke 2:39-52 A great deal of Christian piety boils Jesus down to a single ingredient. Jesus came to be a sacrifice for our sins. While God’s forgiveness of us is essential, all the gospel writers indicate that Jesus’ life for us is...
by Emrys | Aug 25, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion Luke 2:21-24, 36-38 After seven years of marriage, Anna’s husband dies. She does not marry again. She does not attempt to return to a “normal life.” She spends the next, probably, 60 years in the temple, worshipping, fasting, and...
by Emrys | Aug 21, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion 2 Samuel 3:1-6 As happens so often with our heroes, we remember the big moments in David’s life, and make those moments the definition of heroism. David’s anointing by Samuel, his singular defeat of a thousand Philistines, and the...
by Emrys | Aug 18, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion 1 Samuel 3:19-4:1 Samuel is not yet the great and glorious judge of Israel, who anoints David, scolds King Saul, and even returns from the afterlife. Here, Samuel is a lackey in the temple at Shiloh. He’s second-string, tenth-in-command,...
by Emrys | Aug 15, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion Exodus 2:11-3:2 Daily devotions and Vacation Bible Schools often make a lot out of the burning bush scene—rightly so, I suppose. But the setup is always as valuable as the punch line, even in Exodus 3. Moses is out in the wilderness,...
