Reflections for

Second Sunday after the Epiphany, Jan 18, 2015

1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20); Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51

Blogging Toward Sunday

The piece of Christ

I Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51; I Corinthians 6:12-20

Jan 12, 2009 by Thomas R. Steagald

The prevailing topic of conversation at my mother's retirement home is the food: the menu, the cooks and—not least—the order in which people are served. While I tire of of hearing about the daily drama, I know that what is true at "the home" is true for many of the rest of us.

Living by the Word

Surprise encounter

John 1:43-51; 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)

Jan 10, 2006 by Christine D. Pohl

After meeting Jesus, an excited Philip seeks out Nathanael to tell him they have found the one “about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” But Nathanael’s response is not very promising. “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” he responds skeptically.

Living by the Word

Call me

1 Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

Jan 11, 2003 by Paul Keim

I don’t carry a beeper or a cell phone. The services of professional biblical scholars rarely require that level of immediate access. No emergency calls to interpret an obscure passage. No rushing to the scene of a textual corruption. Yet it could happen. We are rapidly becoming a society “on call.” Technology provides us with a constant flow of information.

Living by the Word

A word and a calling

1 Sam. 3:1-20; John 1:43-51

Jan 01, 1997 by Susan B. W. Johnson

I was watching a PBS series on the Book of Genesis with a dozen older women at a retirement home. The segment dealt with Abram, and how he responded promptly when the Lord said to him, "Go." We listened as Lewis Smedes wondered aloud whether a tape recorder would have picked up a real "voice" of the Lord back then.

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