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Monday, December 8, 2025
Illustration contrasting hopeful TV shows of the past (Happy Days, Good Times) with modern shows reflecting cultural despair (Lost, Desperate Housewives, Sons of Anarchy), showing society's growing comfort with misery.
Illustration using Ken Shuman's personal testimony from Faithwalking about discovering shame rooted in childhood trauma, emphasizing the connection between current triggers and past traumas as the first step toward healing.
Joseph Joseph is known for his dreams and for the beautiful coat his father, Jacob, gave him. He is an example of faith, prudence, and administrative ability. Despite overwhelming difficulties, Joseph saved Canaan, Egypt, and his own family from starvation during seven years of drought.
Illustration connecting Abram's failure to Peter's—both became "the snake" when they prioritized human concerns over God's plan, showing that all heroes of faith struggle.
Egypt Egypt was already a great and ancient civilization when Joseph rose to power (Gen 39–41) and Jacob’s family traveled there for food (chs 42–46; cp.
If they are driven hard one day, all the animals will die.' He did not demand that his reconciled brother match his slower journey, but instead stated his reason openly so he would not be thought unkind.
Psalm 98 5:1-7 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.
Psalm 98 79:1-9 warns us: you can inherit religious vocabulary and still miss the living Christ.
Psalm 98 14 shows the gospel pattern—God initiates grace, then forms a people who obey in love.
Psalm 98 Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.
Psalm 98 Timothy 6:6-19 offers a prayer-shaped life: grace received in worship, carried into ordinary days.
Psalm 98 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.
Ephesians 1:15-23 16:19-31 comforts the weary: grace holds you when your grip is weak—today, not someday.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Philemon 1-21, God meets us through word and sacrament with steady, sustaining mercy—today, not someday.
Ephesians 1:15-23 119:97-104 invites us to practice mercy with hands, budgets, and policies—not just feelings—today, not someday.
Ephesians 1:15-23 Luke 17:5-10, the Word confronts the individual and forms a covenant people by conviction.