by Lynne Marie | Sep 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Source, Summit and Summons Ezekiel 33:7-9 gives us the “watchman” role. The first act of stewardship, of leadership, or of taking responsibility for anything, is to notice what needs to be addressed. The second duty is to respond in whatever way is called for. This...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Reading 1Corinthians 4:6-15, the description of the way Paul was treated and the hardships he endured, we wonder what kept him going. Did he have something we don’t have? If so, what? It wasn’t just “grace.” It all depended on grace, of course, but God will give us...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 1Corinthians 4:1-5, Paul tells us that we should think of him and of ourselves as “servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.” Is that the thought we all wake up with in the morning? Servants, maybe. But “stewards”—what is that? A steward is, by...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 3, 2026 | Daily Reflections
1Corinthians 3:18 points out that many of our working assumptions about our life in this world are delusions. For example, we act as if we “owned” the property we live on. Legally, we do. But who owned it ten million years ago? Who will own “my” property a million...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 2, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 1Corinthians 3:1-9, Paul is trying to get the Corinthians to grow up. They were an enthusiastic community, eager to experience and express the “gifts of the Spirit.” But they were still too focused on themselves and on what they “got out of it” when they celebrated...
by Lynne Marie | Sep 1, 2026 | Daily Reflections
When Paul says in 1Corinthians 2:10-16, “The Spirit we have received is not the world’s spirit but God’s Spirit helping us to recognize the gifts he has given us,” he is saving us from the plight of the servant who did not “recognize the gift” he was given and so...
