Sauntering Through Scripture (eBook)

Contents   Introduction 11   PASSAGES Before the Fire 16Exodus 3:1-5 Unzip that Tent! 18Numbers 11:10; Psalm 106:25 In Our Town Tonight 20Luke 2:4-7 The Ax at the Root 22Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23 Learner 25Luke 2:52 Too Small 27Micah 5:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 Ordinary 29Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6: Luke 4:16-30 The Logic of Paradox 32Luke 14:28-33 The Company of Sinners 33Matthew 9:10-11; Mark 2:16; Luke 5:29-32 The Paralytic: A Portrait in Miniature 35Matthew 9:1-8 The Other Nine 37Luke 17:12-19 Sheep, Goats, and Shock Therapy 39Matthew 25:31-46 Finders Keepers 41Luke 15:1-32 By Pickaxe or Angel 45Matthew 27:57–28:15 What the Tomb Proclaims 48Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20 The Bifröst 50Luke 18:8 Long-Fingered Light 53Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20 Ghost 55Luke 24:36-37   PEOPLE The Call of St. Matthew: A New Creation 58Matthew 9:9-13 On the Brink: Zacchaeus 59Luke 19:1-10 A Daughter of Abraham 61Luke 13:10-13 Barn Builder 63Luke 12:13-21 At the Pharisee’s Dinner Party 65Luke 7:36-50 Martha and Mary: Disciples of the Lord 69Luke 10:38-42; John 11:17-27 The Woman Taken in Adultery 72John 8:2-12 The Widow: Two Small Coins, So Many Questions 77Luke 21:1-4 The Bethesda Story: The Man at the Pool 78John 5:1-14 Judas: Mirror and Mystery 82Matthew 26:14-16 The Cup: James and John 84Mark 10:35-45 Sarah 86A Story Salt Tears 89A Prose Poem Palace Slave 90A Memoir The Rich Young Man 94A Memoir St. Lawrence of Rome 96A Memoir   PRAYERS AND PSALMS Hail, Holy Queen (Salve Regina) 102In Paradisum 104Anima Christi 106 Perpetual Light 108 O Wisdom 110 Tower of Ivory, Pray for Us! 112 Blessing of Work 114 Night Prayer for the Sick 116 A Prayer for All Seasons 118 Lamb of God: A Prayer of Fragments 120Magnificat 122 Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary 124 Psalm 24: The Meeting 126 Psalm 81: God in the Storm 132 Psalm 121: Travel Prayer 137 Psalm 130: Prayer for the Dead (De Profundis) 139