Tag: Deuteronomy

  • Labor Day through the Millennia

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    Labor Day started as an important reminder for all the benefits that workers have gained from organizing. These days it seems to have turned into an occasion for mattress sales. The issues of fairness and justice have always been important to God’s people. God’s law is in large part instructions for social justice like this…

  • Fathers of the Covenant

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    With father’s day coming up soon, here are some biblical thoughts on fathering: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor…” Every family has its own stories. God’s people tell the story of being slaves in Egypt and saved from there, please refer to Deuteronomy 26:1-11. The stories we tell make us who we are. What are…

  • Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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    Today’s Reading is Deuteronomy 6:1-25. In Israel a bus driver once told me that he prays the Shema whenever he sees an ambulance driving by. The beautiful thing about this prayer is that it contains God’s name three times:“Israel, remember this! The LORD — and the LORD alone— is our God. Love the LORD your…