by debracelovsky | Jan 6, 2023 | New Year, One Year Bible
How have you decided how to approach God’s Word this year? I was thinking recently about the relationship we form with the Bible over time: Close and personal? Hurried? Obligatory? Sporadic? Any relationship takes time and attention. When we are genuinely...
by debracelovsky | Dec 8, 2022 | Christmas
I like to begin with the priest in the Temple. We can begin our advent meditations in any number of places—the stable, out on the hillside, with the vivid Old Testament prophecies. I particularly love the opening of Luke’s account. He begins at the breaking of...
by debracelovsky | Nov 17, 2022 | Autumn, One Year Bible, Thanksgiving, Walks with God
On March 5th, 2022, an underwater archeological team from the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust discovered the wreck of the Endurance. It rests at 9,869 feet off the northwest coast of Antartica, lying in some of the coldest waters on earth. The ship had sailed from...
by debracelovsky | Nov 3, 2022 | One Year Bible
Funny how you can find yourself challenged to consider unexpected things in unexpected places in scripture. Case in point is the only letter among the Apostle Paul’s private correspondence included in the New Testament canon. One commentator writes:...
by debracelovsky | Oct 17, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer, Word
While cleaning up some digital files recently, I came across the following meditation. I had written this prayer one October morning several years ago after reading the Old Testament passage for that day in my One Year Bible. Migraines continue to occur and I was...
