Author Archive for: fumcgalax
Entries by Diane Palumbo
Prayer for the Week (October 13, 2024-October 19, 2024)
Let us pray to God for the wisdom to follow God’s Son without hesitation: Lord our God, your living Word upsets us because you give first place in your kingdom to the last and least. You call the poor rich and blessed and ask the rich to become poor. Give us the wisdom of living […]
Sunday Reflection (October 13, 2024)
Sunday Reflection upon Job 23 In dire straits, Job desires a confrontation with God, yet he has trouble finding God. We have all been in a situation where God seems distant and hidden. Although God seems hidden from Job, Job is not hidden from God. Thus, Job has confidence in God even when God seems […]
Sunday Reflection (October 6, 2024)
Sunday Reflection upon Psalm 8 Psalm 8 tells us that we have been entrusted with the weighty responsibility of stewardship over creation. This concept vastly differs from ancient Near Eastern myths in which the gods created humans to be enslaved and feed the gods. This concept was not the case with the ancient Israelite understanding: […]
Prayer for the Week (October 6, 2024-October 12, 2024)
Let us praise God for coming to us in Jesus Christ: Father, in the beginning, you spoke your creative Word and brought order out of chaos. Again, you spoke your creative Word and it became enfleshed in Jesus of Nazareth. The Holy Spirit renews us unto the image of Jesus Christ and leads us in […]
