Tag: Job
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The Way of the Grain of Wheat
Daily Office Lesson — Proper 19, Year TwoWednesday, September 16, 2026 Readings: Psalm 72; Psalm 119:73–96; Job 42:1–17; Acts 16:16–24; John 12:20–26Source: The Book of Common Prayer Psalm 72 is attributed to Solomon. It can certainly be read as a prayer for Solomon and the kings who would follow him, but its vision seems to…
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The Love of God Keeps Working
Daily Office Readings — Monday, September 14, 2026 Psalms 56, 57, 58, 64, 65; Job 40:1–24; Acts 15:36–16:5; John 11:55–12:8 Some days I can read familiar passages of Scripture and suddenly see something I have never seen before. Today was one of those days. I have read these Psalms many times, but today I saw…
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God Knows My Tomorrow
Daily Office Readings — Thursday, September 10, 2026Psalms 50, 59, 60, 93, 96; Job 29:1; 31:1–23; Acts 15:1–11; John 11:17–29 There is a thread running through today’s Daily Office readings that I almost missed. God knows. Psalm 50 begins with God calling the people to judgment. God tells Israel, in essence, “I don’t need your…
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Sacred Writings Teach Us How to Live
Daily Office Readings — Wednesday, September 9, 2026Psalm 119:49–72; Psalms 49, 53; Job 29:1; 30:1–2, 16–31; Acts 14:19–28; John 11:1–16 I started reading the Bible when I was eight years old. After all these years, I am still reading it, still asking questions, and still discovering things I had never noticed before. Maybe that is…
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The Shepherd Knows the Way to the Water
Daily Office Readings for Today, Saturday, September 5, 2026: Psalm 30, 32, 42, 43; Job 22:1-4, 21-23:7; Acts 13:26-43, John 10:1-8. “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God.” — Psalm 42:1–2 Some days we dance. Some days we mourn. Some…
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But This I Know
Reflections on Psalm 31 & 35; Job 19:1–7, 14–27; Acts 13:13–25; and John 9:18–41 If the Psalms are the Jewish hymnbook, I think David could have made a pretty good country-and-western singer. Many of his Psalms have all the ingredients of an old country song—trouble, enemies, loneliness, regret, sorrow, and more than a few tears.…
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How Will We Respond to Grace?
Daily Office Readings for Thursday, September 3, 2026: Psalm 37, Job 16:16-22, 17:1,13-16. Acts 13: 1-12, John 9:1-17. There is an old hymn that says: “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.” That kept coming to my mind as I read today’s Daily Office readings. They take us from David, to Job,…
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Are We Still Listening?
Daily Office Reflection — Wednesday, September 2, 2026Psalm 38; Psalm 119:25–48; Job 12:1, 14:1–22; Acts 12:18–25; John 8:47–59 Sometimes when I read the Daily Office, the readings seem unrelated at first. One passage speaks of suffering. Another speaks about God’s commandments. Job is lamenting the frailty of human life. Herod is sitting on his throne…
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Ask the Animals, and They Will Teach You
Daily Office Reflection — Job 12:1–6, 13–25 Sometimes a few words in Sacred Writings stop me, and I know I need to stay with them awhile. That happened today while reading Job. Job is responding to Zophar and the other friends who have been trying to explain his suffering. They have answers. They believe they…
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Teach Me to Walk in Truth
Daily Office — Proper 17, Year TwoPsalms 25, 9, 15; Job 12:1–6, 13–25; Acts 11:19–30; John 8:21–32 Sometimes when I read the Daily Office, one word or phrase seems to follow me from one reading into another. Today that word was truth. Psalm 25 begins with a prayer that has become increasingly important to me:…
