by debracelovsky | Feb 16, 2026 | Into the Vineyard, Lent/Easter, Prayer
The vinedresser is never nearer the canes than when he is pruning them. David Jeremiah, writer Here in Wine Country, with harvest long past and having shed their leaves, the crazy-auntie-looking vines are being meticulously pruned. The shorn vines now go to...
by debracelovsky | Nov 2, 2024 | Prayer
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Tertullian, 2nd century Not long before Jesus’ arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Gospel of Matthew (20:20-23) records a conversation between Jesus and Salome, the mother James and John. Jesus had recently...
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...
by debracelovsky | Sep 26, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer, Travel
Recently, I left the wine country north of San Francisco where I live to visit relatives living in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. It had been some years since I’d been to SoCal, and never that far southeast in the state. It’s a remarkable drive....
by debracelovsky | Aug 6, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer
Deep reading processes may be under threat as we move into digital-based modes of reading. Maryanne Wolf in The Guardian It happened a few days ago. The opening words of a familiar chapter in my OYB: I urge you . . .present your bodies. . . sacrifice . . . holy . . ....
by debracelovsky | Jun 14, 2022 | One Year Bible, Prayer, Word
Question: How do you teach kids about Christians being killed for their faith? Yet another coincidence. Early June in the OYB means the Book of Acts. The second week of June means the martyrdom of Stephen. It’s my week in the Sunday School teaching rotation for...
