Familiar with the Lord
Monday, December 12, 2011 – 1 Samuel 3 – Familiar with the Lord This is such a frequently heard story that we might be tempted to read it quickly and assume that we know what it means. It may be...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 – 1 Samuel 2:18-21 – The Faithful Mother Written on January 16, 2008 and posted today as a Favorite . . . So often when we hear the Old Testament readings from the story of...
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Thursday, July 4, 2014 1 Chronicles 10 In the U.S. today we celebrate the founding of our country, a time when our forbearers took action against those who were seen as oppressors. At The Noontimes we...
View ArticleThe Grasp of the Violent
Saturday, August 16, 2014 Jeremiah 15 The Grasp of the Violent The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, my heart would not turn toward these people. Conditions have reached a...
View ArticleHow Long?
Saturday, January 31, 2015 Daniel 12:6 How Long? How long shall it be to the end of these appalling things? Exodus 10:3: Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of...
View Article1 Samuel 13: The Heat of Self-Knowledge – Part I
1 Samuel 13: The Heat of Self-Knowledge – Part I Monday, October 17, 2016 As the political season heats up in the U.S., we consider this important story from one of our oldest scriptures. This is the...
View ArticleSirach 46: In Praise of Ancestors
Sirach 46: In Praise of Ancestors Friday, January 27, 2017 A Favorite from January 25, 2010. In this Noontime we find ourselves in the chapters of the Book of Sirach in which the writer spends time...
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