As it turned out we got both “story time” and “gifts.” The story was the rest of the sordid story of one of the lowest points in David’s kingship. The gifts centred around a single gift, namely the gift of the prophet. I am consistently amazed at how the compilers of the Lectionary bring texts…
King David wasn’t perfect. This isn’t particularly surprising as none of us are either, but David was rather spectacularly imperfect in some ways. The Old Testament lesson for this Sunday is the story of the prophet Nathan confronting King David over his adultery with Bathseba and the cold-blooded murder of her husband, Uriah. Murder is…
I am sure most of you reading this are fully aware that “repentance” is based on the notion of turning around. This Sunday we are looking at the life of King David again and at a particular point where he was given the opportunity to turn around. All of us are given various opportunities to…