Green Pastures Devotions

It is said that in Henry Cowell State Park there is a redwood tree upwards of 1600 feet tall into which you can climb and stand fully upright – the tree’s roots having grown to provide a doorway, complete with a small staircase leading down into the earth. It’s that big. Or so Justin Roberts and Scott Erickson tell us in their book In the Low: honest prayers for dark seasons – in which they see that 1600-foot-tall tree as metaphor for – you guessed it – the Story:

Today’s Scripture reading:  Judges 21.23-25 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Joshua 7.15-17, 20-21 NLT

Today’s Scripture reading:  Exodus 33.18-23 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Acts 7.17-20 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Genesis 37.14-17 MSG

In their book Slow Theology: Eight Practices for Resilient Faith in a Turbulent World, theologians A.J. Swoboda and Nijay Gupta make the surprising connection between the discovery of Mustargen – what we now call chemotherapy which was developed by leveraging deadly Mustard Gas in the right doses to kill cancer and save lives – and the nature of the grand biblical Story:

Today’s Scripture reading:  Acts 7.8-15 MSG 

Today’s Scripture reading:  Genesis 28.16-19 MSG

Today’s Scripture reading:  Genesis 27.34-36 NLT