Meditation for 9 November 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Psalm 82:1-5 1God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: 2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? 3Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of [...]

Meditation for 2 November 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 13:54-58 54He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? 55Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his [...]

Meditation for 26 October 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 13:10-17 10 Then the disciples came and asked him, ‘Why do you speak to them in parables?’ 11He answered, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For [...]

Meditation for 19 October 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 51Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be [...]

Meditation for 12 October 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson 1 Corinthians 14:18-19; Matthew 10:26-28 18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you; 19nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. 26“So [...]

Meditation for 28 September 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 7:7-12 7“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9Is [...]

Meditation for 21 September 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Matthew 5:38-48 38“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40and [...]

Meditation from The Rev. Peter A. Munson 7 September 2011 Philippians 2:3-8 3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ [...]

Meditation for 31 August 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson James 3:7-10 and Mark 15:3-5 7For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, 8but no one can tame the tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9With it we [...]

Meditation for 24 August 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Psalm 90:10-12 The span of our life is seventy years, perhaps in strength even eighty; yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow, for they pass quickly and we are gone. Who regards the power of your wrath? Who rightly fears your [...]

Meditation for 18 August 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 12:28-31 28 One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ 29Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our [...]

Meditation for 4 August 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Mark 8:34-38 34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For those who want to save their life will lose it, [...]

Meditation from The Rev. Peter A. Munson 27 July 2011 Mark 6:41-46 “And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all. And they all [...]

Meditation for 6 July 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson 1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided [...]

Meditation for 15 June 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Acts 2:1-13 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as [...]

Meditation for 1 June 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Luke 10:1-11 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask [...]

Meditation for 4 May 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Psalm 12:7-8 (The Book of Common Prayer) 7O Lord, watch over us and save us from this generation forever. 8The wicked prowl on every side, and that which is worthless is highly prized by everyone. 1 John 2:15-17 15Do not love the world or [...]

Meditation for 20 April 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Hebrews 12:1-3 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, 2looking to Jesus [...]

Meditation for 13 April 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson John 10:11-18 ‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf [...]

Meditation for 30 March 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Passages from Jeremiah and Romans Jeremiah 9:1-3, 6 O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people! 2 O that I had [...]

Meditation for 23 March 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson John 5:2-16 2Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him [...]

Driving Gray and cloudy Into the mountains by Allenspark Smiling Music – old friends Pete Seeger and Carole King Picturesque Frosted, outlined trees Shrouded in fog and clouds Breakthrough! Arriving in Allenspark Bright sun and blue sky Familiar Wild Basin area To hike or to snowshoe? Hiking Passing one couple Tracking in fresh, virgin snow [...]

Meditation for 2 March 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Ephesians 2:13-22 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, [...]

Meditation for 23 February 2011 From The Rev. Peter A. Munson Psalm 136:1-16, 23-26 1O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. 2O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. 3O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast [...]