Green Pastures Devotions

This speech scours - 2.10.25 10.02.2025 8:11 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Matthew 5.1-2 MSG

Sabbath is not an interlude:
it is the Climax of Living - 2.8.25 08.02.2025 2:58 ↓

To cap off our Sabbath reflections – for now – here’s a bit more of Heschel upon which to chew, followed one more time by Pete Grieg’s Sabbath Blessing:

Step outside – gulp in the glory - 2.7.25 07.02.2025 5:36 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 92 MSG

A festive parade of praise - 2.6.25 06.02.2025 7:41 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 92.10-14 MSG

Sabbath: a dullard-free zone - 2.5.25 05.02.2025 6:57 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 92.6-9 MSG

Filling time with spirit: full-bodied music - 2.4.25 04.02.2025 7:20 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 92.1-5 MSG

A sacred palace in time - 2.3.25 03.02.2025 7:10 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Psalm 92.1-3 MSG

Sabbath was and is and can be so many things… 2.1.25 01.02.2025 5:53 ↓

“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” – Jesus Christ

Vividly physical - 1.31.25 31.01.2025 8:22 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Isaiah 58.13-14 MSG

A feast of pleasure, tears, laughter, and wonder - 1.30.25 30.01.2025 7:17 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Isaiah 58.13-14 MSG

The creative savage of our being - 1.29.25 29.01.2025 6:23 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Isaiah 58.13-14 MSG

An encounter with God’s delight - 1.28.25 28.01.2025 6:33 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading :  Isaiah 58.13-14 MSG

The Sabbath: a day of delight - 1.27.25 27.01.2025 6:07 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Isaiah 58.13-14 MSG

Let us take what he is so ready to give - 1.24.25 24.01.2025 7:36 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 4.12-16  MSG 

God himself is at rest - 1.23.25 23.01.2025 8:40 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 4.9-11 MSG 

A radical, countercultural act of resistance - 1.22.25 22.01.2025 8:07 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 4.7-8  MSG 

Today, if you will hear His Voice… - 1.21.25 21.01.2025 7:16 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 4.3-7 MSG 

There remains a Sabbath Rest for the people  - 1.20.25 20.01.2025 8:05 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading:  Hebrews 4.1-3 MSG 

Sabbath Blessing - 1.18.25 18.01.2025 3:27 ↓

There is a traditional Shabbat blessing chanted as two candles are lit, those candles symbolizing the two Sabbath commandments recorded in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 Commandments to remember the Sabbath and to keep it.

The Day of Preparation - 1.17.25 17.01.2025 8:54 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading: Matthew 27.62 (KJV)

Stepping out of the traffic - 1.16.25 16.01.2025 7:15 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading: Psalm 46.8-10 (MSG)

He let his work cease - 1.15.25 15.01.2025 7:57 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading: 2 Chronicles 16.5 (KJV)

More than a diversion - 1.14.25 14.01.2025 6:32 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 5.12-15 (MSG)

Full Stop - 1.13.25 13.01.2025 6:41 ↓

Today’s Scripture reading: Exodus 20.8-11 (MSG)