Oct 1

Old Testament:   Isaiah 11-13
New Testament:  Ephesians 4
Proverbs:      1
Psalm:   40-41

• Chronological    (Read the Bible in the chronological order in which its stories and events occurred.)
• Historically  (Read the books of the Bible as they were written historically, according to the estimated date of their writing.)
• Book of Common Prayer  (Daily Old and New Testament readings based on the Book of Common Prayer.)
• Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary) Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
• Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)  Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.

Hymn: 110 - I Am The Lord's
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Creeds:







Quotes:

Life is a forge! Face the pounding; don't fear
the proving; and you will stand well against any
hammer and anvil!
     - Lloyd ALexander, Taran Wanderer, page 228
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In biblical times, they used to stone a few
thirteen-year-olds with some regularity,
which helped keep the others quiet and at home.
The mothers were usually in the first row of
stone throwers and had to be restrained.
    (quoted from a friend of Ann Lamott)
     Ann Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, page 95

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Only those who are fit to live do not fear to die.
And none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life
and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts
of the same great adventure. 
       Theodore Roosevelt,  Article in the Metropolitan magazine,
           Oct 1918, “The Great Adventure”

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 Diary of an Old Soul-MacDonald

     REMEMBER, Lord, thou hast not made me good.
     Or if thou didst, it was so long ago
     I have forgotten—and never understood,
     I humbly think. At best it was a crude,
     A rough-hewn goodness, that did need this woe,
     This sin, these harms of all kinds fierce and rude,
     To shape it out, making it live and grow.