Tag: spirituality
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about Martha
Luke 10: 38-42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.” You are worried and distracted, worried and distracted, worried and distracted. Jesus, I can’t get your words out of my head. […]
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about the widow of Zarephath
1 Kings 17: 1-24 I am irritated with the prophet Elijah. He assumed the widow was afraid. Commentators assume this too. They say Elijah needed to assure the widow that she could trust him. I don’t read it this way. The widow doesn’t feel afraid to me. She feels done. She tried to tell Elijah […]
Teri McDowell Ott 