March 3rd: Exodus 10 & Matthew 13:44-58
March 2, 2020
Alastair Roberts
Locusts and darkness. Treasure, Pearl, and Dragnet.
Genesis 22:17 (locusts punning on multiplying); Genesis 41:23 (the east wind); Exodus 14:28 (not one of the Egyptians left).
Habakkuk 1:14-17, Ezekiel 32:3, 47:10 (dragnets and fishing).
Reflections upon the readings from the ACNA Book of Common Prayer (http://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/).
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