Green Pastures Devotions

From divine creed to political screed - 7.30.25 30.07.2025 7:45 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 12 TIB 

Rebel Yell - 7.29.25 29.07.2025 9:19 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 18.29-35 KJV

By my God I leap over a wall - 7.28.25 28.07.2025 7:41 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 18.29-35 KJV

Backdrop:
It’s a metaphor, man! - 7.26.25 26.07.2025 4:51 ↓

Once again, I refer you to the Bible Project and their five-minute video on imagery and metaphor – which you can find here: https://bibleproject.com/videos/metaphor-biblical-poetry

Smite them, Almighty Smiter! - 7.25.25 25.07.2025 7:08 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 137 MSG  

To the choirmaster - 7.24.25 24.07.2025 8:32 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 22.25-26 MSG  

Sink - 7.23.25 23.07.2025 7:53 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 46.10 MSG 

pal-gei mah-yeem - 7.22.25 22.07.2025 8:04 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 1 MSG (mostly)

Creation’s theatre - 7.21.25 21.07.2025 7:05 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 8 MSG (mostly)

Backdrop:
The art of biblical poetry - 7.19.25 19.07.2025 7:03 ↓

The following is adapted from the transcript of a brief Bible Project video in which Tim Mackie and Jon Collins discuss the art of biblical poetry within the overall frame of how to read the Bible – which is so beautifully succinct and clear and spot on I’m not even going to try to replicate it. Here’s the link on their website – https://bibleproject.com/videos/art-biblical-poetry – it’s worth the...

High Tide - 7.18.25 18.07.2025 7:21 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 5.1-3 MSG  

low tide - 7.17.25 17.07.2025 7:11 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 4 MSG (mostly) 

Pause in His Presence - 7.16.25 16.07.2025 8:45 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 68.19-23 MSG 

Storied psalms - 7.15.25 15.07.2025 7:24 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 3 MSG (mostly)

Psalm Snippets - 7.14.25 14.07.2025 7:30 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 118.17-19 TIB 

Postscript: 7.12.25 12.07.2025 4:51 ↓

Baptism – our big fat watery “yes!”

just. show. up. - 7.11.25 11.07.2025 7:45 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 10.44-48 MSG  

The heartbeat of every practicum: Jesus - 7.10.25 10.07.2025 7:14 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 10.30-38 MSG  

Practicums: sometimes they’re highly irregular - 7.9.25 09.07.2025 8:11 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 10.21-29 MSG 

Roof top moments - 7.8.25 08.07.2025 8:00 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 10.9-20 MSG (mostly)

Practicum: engaged apprenticeship - 7.7.25 07.07.2025 7:35 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Acts 10.1-8 MSG 

Postscript:
Less by contemplation, more by emulation - 7.5.25 05.07.2025 5:28 ↓

Postscript:
Less by contemplation, more by emulation

idioglossia - 7.4.25 04.07.2025 8:41 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  1 Corinthians 14.13-17 MSG  

Intimacies with God in prayer - 7.3.25 03.07.2025 7:15 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  1 Corinthians 14.1-5 MSG  

And that is speaking in tongues - 7.2.25 02.07.2025 7:51 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Isaiah 28.9-11 MSG