1 Samuel
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Let the children serve
On a shelf in our church library you can find a “Reading Guide” made by a fourth grader. It lists the types of books appropriate for different age groups and advises: “Remember--Kids (8-12) when you start the Bible, go at your own pace. It's a long book!”
December 27, First Sunday after Christmas Day: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Luke 2:41-52
Which mother, I wonder, has more heartbreak. Hannah sacrifices the dailiness of raising her first-born son. Mary keeps her son with her, but as he grows she can surely see that he is heading down a dangerous path.
When the founders looked to Moses
Did Moses influence the founding of the United States? This historical question has generated controversy in Texas, where politicians, historians, and educators have recently debated whether Moses should be listed as an American founder in new social studies textbooks.
It all began in 2010, when the Texas State Board of Education said that students needed to "identify the individuals whose principles of laws and government institutions informed the American founding documents, including those of Moses.”
Found in translation
George Steiner said that "the translator invades, extracts, and brings home." In this remarkable volume, Everett Fox does all of this.
Sunday, January 18, 2015: 1 Samuel 3:1-20
I used to think that the end of Samuel’s story was when he learns to listen to God. I wasn’t curious at all about what God has to say.
by Diane Roth
Other people's calling
I am intrigued by the emphasis on call in 1 Samuel 16. Because I am a theological educator, I am even more fascinated by the role each of us can play in nurturing someone’s sense of call.
Saul and David are the key “called” protagonists in the story. But it is Samuel who carries, clarifies, and extends God’s call.
March 30, 2014 (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
Can someone be called and not know it?
March 30, 2014 (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
Can someone be called and not know it?
March 30, 2014 (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
Can someone be called and not know it?
The selfie and Sojourner Truth
Little did tennis star Andre Agassi know that he was speaking prophetically when he declared in 1990s Canon camera commercials that “image is everything.” The truth of his marketing statement seems everywhere today. Pope Francis was not only Time’s “person of the year.” He was also Esquire’s “best dressed man of 2013.” The new pope is what he says, does and wears.
2013 was also the year of the “selfie.”
What's the text: Alternatives to the common lectionary
The RCL includes a few "optional" readings, to be subbed in as needed. Of course, it's all optional.
What's the text: Alternatives to the common lectionary
The RCL includes a few "optional" readings, to be subbed in as needed. Of course, it's all optional.
Sunday, January 15, 2012: 1 Samuel 3:1–10, (11–20); John 1:43–51
I often feel that my whole time in ministry has been one when the word of the Lord is rare and visions not widespread.
Dressing up: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Colossians 3:12-17
Once a year, having waited to the very end of December, my wife and I dress up. Some people wait a lifetime to start living, but fortunately for us, New Year’s Eve intervenes every year. With mortality staring us right in the face, we get around to that date we should have had months ago. Rexene looks absolutely stunning in a cocktail dress. (How many times does a pastor’s wife get to wear a cocktail dress?)
Surprise encounter: John 1:43-51; 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)
From where does Nathanael's confession, his insight, come?
Move on: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41
Samuel, the Billy Graham of his day, was adviser to the political leader Saul, the Pete Rose of ancient Israel. Samuel anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel. But soon (to quote James Thurber), “confusion got its foot in the door” and went through the entire “system.” Samuel observed Saul disobeying the explicit word of God, and it became Samuel’s job to inform Saul that God had rejected him as king.
Growing pains: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Psalm 148; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52
In the pattern of Jesus’ growing is the pattern to which each of us is called. Even the irony that he first became lost before he experienced this first growing—even this has meaning for every Christian. We live at a time when it is easy to feel lost. Our time and world are daunting and even defeating. But that very lostness can be the prelude to our personal growing.
Call me: 1 Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
If you’re Eli, you’re not sleeping that well when the boy comes trotting in to disturb you with his nonsense.