Green Pastures Devotions

The backside of God - 12.17.25 17.12.2025 7:26 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Exodus 33.18-23 MSG 

In just such a time, Moses was born - 12.16.25 16.12.2025 7:21 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 7.17-20 MSG 

The nameless man who saved the world - 12.15.25 15.12.2025 7:40 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 37.14-17 MSG

The nature of our Story - 12.13.25 13.12.2025 4:48 ↓

In their book Slow Theology: Eight Practices for Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World , theologians A.J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta make the surprising connection between the discovery of Mustargen – what we now call chemotherapy which was developed by leveraging deadly Mustard Gas in the right doses to kill cancer and save lives – and the nature of the grand biblical Story:

The other Joseph story - 12.12.25 12.12.2025 6:54 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 7.8-15 MSG 

Thin places for the ragamuffins - 12.11.25 11.12.2025 6:39 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 28.16-19 MSG

Ragamuffin Gospel - 11.10.25 10.12.2025 7:45 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 27.34-36 NLT 

Room in the midst of famine - 12.9.25 09.12.2025 7:13 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 26.1, 12, 19-22 NLT 

Living with Laughter: it’s no joke - 12.8.25 08.12.2025 6:38 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 25.19-23 MSG

We are creatures who think in stories - 12.6.25 06.12.2025 3:44 ↓

From Winn Griffin in his book God’s Epic Adventure: Changing our Culture by the Story We Live and Tell…

All the families of the earth will be blessed - 12.5.25 05.12.2025 7:24 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 12.1-3 MSG 

Laughter as a way of life - 12.4.25 04.12.2025 7:12 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 17.15 - 19 MSG

Impossible child - 12.3.25 03.12.2025 6:52 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Romans 4.17-18 MSG 

A New Hope - 12.2.25 02.12.2025 7:03 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Hebrews 11.8-12 MSG 

Exit the dragon – enter the Holy Night -12.1.25 01.12.2025 8:34 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 3.1; 2 Corinthians 11.3; Romans 5.12-14 MSG

The brave things in the old tales and songs - 11.29.25 29.11.2025 7:41 ↓

If you’re new to this Green Pastures devotional flow, the Saturday entry is usually a bit of a change-up in pace and content. Generally there’s no daily reading and no question prodding personal reflection, only a reading or perhaps a poem or some pertinent musing that serves as something of the capstone to the week’s content – or at least a worthy topping on it all like that proverbial icing on t...

Original glory - 11.28.25 28.11.2025 7:04 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 8.1-9 MSG 

In the beginning - 11.27.25 27.11.2025 8:47 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Genesis 1.1 

Remember our history and find the Primer - 11.26.25 26.11.2025 9:09 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  1 Corinthians 10.1, 11-12 MSG 

Three interwoven narrative threads - 11.25.25 25.11.2025 7:24 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 20.7-12 MSG 

I wonder what sort of a tale we’ve fallen into - 11.24.25 24.11.2025 6:20 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 78.1-7 MSG

Bonhoeffer’s reflection: Who am I? - 11.22.25 22.11.2025 3:16 ↓

Nine weeks ago, we began this journey of Practicing the Way with a bit of self-reflection – thirty-eight questions worth of it, to be precise – so it only seems appropriate, in keeping with our devotional flow this week – to conclude our time with this journey in this devotional space with some classic self-reflection courtesy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who penned this self-reflective musing while in...

Two symbiotic rhythms: solitude and community - 11.21.25 21.11.2025 6:57 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Ecclesiastes 4.7-12 MSG 

From wish dream to divine reality - 11.20.25 20.11.2025 7:56 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 2.46-47 MSG 

Confronting the wish dream of community - 11.19.25 19.11.2025 7:53 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 2.43-45 MSG