Sauntering Through Scripture

Contents Introduction 11 PASSAGES Before the Fire 16 Exodus 3:1-5 Unzip that Tent! 18 Numbers 11:10; Psalm 106:25 In Our Town Tonight 20 Luke 2:4-7 The Ax at the Root 22 Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23 Learner 25 Luke 2:52 Too Small 27 Micah 5:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 Ordinary 29 Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6: Luke 4:16-30 The Logic of Paradox 32 Luke 14:28-33 The Company of Sinners 33 Matthew 9:10-11; Mark 2:16; Luke 5:29-32 The Paralytic: A Portrait in Miniature 35 Matthew 9:1-8 The Other Nine 37 Luke 17:12-19 Sheep, Goats, and Shock Therapy 39 Matthew 25:31-46 Finders Keepers 41 Luke 15:1-32 By Pickaxe or Angel 45 Matthew 27:57-28:15 What the Tomb Proclaims 48 Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20 The Bifröst 50 Luke 18:8 Long-Fingered Light 53 Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20 Ghost 55 Luke 24:36-37 PEOPLE The Call of St. Matthew: A New Creation 58 Matthew 9:9-13 On the Brink: Zacchaeus 59 Luke 19:1-10 A Daughter of Abraham 61 Luke 13:10-13 Barn Builder 63 Luke 12:13-21 At the Pharisee's Dinner Party 65 Luke 7:36-50 Martha and Mary: Disciples of the Lord 69 Luke 10:38-42; John 11:17-27 The Woman Taken in Adultery 72 John 8:2-12 The Widow: Two Small Coins, So Many Questions 77 Luke 21:1-4 The Bethesda Story: The Man at the Pool 78 John 5:1-14 Judas: Mirror and Mystery 82 Matthew 26:14-16 The Cup: James and John 84 Mark 10:35-45 Sarah 86 A Story Salt Tears 89 A Prose Poem Palace Slave 90 A Memoir The Rich Young Man 94 A Memoir St. Lawrence of Rome 96 A Memoir PRAYERS AND PSALMS Hail, Holy Queen (Salve Regina) 102 In Paradisum 104 Anima Christi 106 Perpetual Light 108 O Wisdom 110 Tower of Ivory, Pray for Us! 112 Blessing of Work 114 Night Prayer for the Sick 116 A Prayer for All Seasons 118 Lamb of God: A Prayer of Fragments 120 Magnificat 122 Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary 124 Psalm 24: The Meeting 126 Psalm 81: God in the Storm 132 Psalm 121: Travel Prayer 137 Psalm 130: Prayer for the Dead (De Profundis) 139