2 Kings 5:1-14 A quick fix.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we found one?  It would be so much more convenient if solutions to the world’s ills, and our own, could be found in an easy formula, a shot in the arm, a wise proclamation, a savior. Naaman, that mighty military commander, was looking for […]

II Kings 2:1-14 Elijah kept telling his protege Elisha to “stay here” but Elisha refused, following his mentor to Gilgal, then Bethel, and Jericho, and finally to “Beyond the Jordan.”  That is where Elijah ascended into the whirlwinds of heaven and Elisha was left alone to being his own ministry. I am not sure where […]

I Kings 17:8-16 The widow founder herself in an impossible situation.  Being a widow is always precarious, then add a three-year drought, combined with Elijah asking her for food and water, and she knows the handful of meal she has left will only give her one more meal.  Then she will die. Impossible is far […]

I Kings 18:20-39 800 million+ weapons in the world.  Most are manufactured in the north and sold to the global south where a majority of the current wars are being waged.  A recent TED talk shared this sobering information.  I wonder what Elijah would say. Elijah held a summit on Mount Carmel.  Present were the […]

Acts 16:16-24 Never underestimate a good annoyance!  Paul found that out one day as he and others were going to a place of prayer.  A slave-girl with the spirit of divination followed them crying out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.”  One would think […]