This week BibleWorm reads Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus’s well-known instruction not to worry about tomorrow. We talk about anxiety and the difficulty of living in the present moment, entrusting the future into the hands of a loving God. But once we observe that the passage begins with the word “Therefore,” connecting it to the previous verse, things take a turn. “You cannot serve both God and money,” says Jesus, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow.” As it turns out, this passage is about economic anxiety and the fundamental importance of trusting that God will provide enough for tomorrow so that we can tend to the needs of our community today. We talk about spiritual practices that can quell our anxiety and help us trust in God’s capacity to provide. And we discuss the urgency of forming communities of radical trust, in which we place the needs of the widow, the orphan, and the stranger ahead of our own desires for economic security.
Episode 132 Mark 13:1-37 The End of the World as We Know It
Episode 131 Mark 12:28-44 The Greatest Commandment and the Widow's Offering
Episode 130 Mark 12:1-17 The Parable of the Tenants and the Question of Taxes
Episode 129: Mark 10:32-52 Blind Bartimaeus
Episode 128 Mark 10:17-31 The Eye of the Needle
Episode 127: Mark 9:30-37 Who is the Greatest?
Episode 126: Mark 8:22-9:8 The Mount of Transfiguration
Episode 125 Mark 7:1-23 Controversy over Handwashing
Episode 124 Mark 6:1-29 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Episode 123 Mark 5:21-43 Jesus Heals Two Women
Episode 122 Mark 5:1-20 Jesus Heals a Man Possessed by Unclean Spirits
Episode 121 Mark 4:1-34 Parables of the Kingdom
Episode 120 Mark 2:1-22 Community and Conflict
Episode 119 Mark 1:21-45 The Beginning of Jesus's Ministry
Episode 118 Mark 1:1-20 Baptism and Call
Episode 117 Luke 2 Christmas Eve SPECIAL EPISODE
Episode 116 Luke 1 The Birth of John the Baptist
Episode 115 Ezra 1 and 3 Rebuilding the Temple
Episode 114 Isaiah 40 Comfort My People
Episode 113 Jeremiah 33 Hope in a Time of Despair
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