Journey Through the Old Testament

   Week 9:  “Ruth” Read :  Ruth 1-4 Listen:    Song of Ruth by Gloria Dei Cantores David N. Childs View :  Field of Boaz, outside of Bethlehem, Palestine, 2018

  Read:  Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16 View: Jacopo Amigoni ,  Jael and Sisera , 1739 Listen: Overture to Samson by George Frederick Handel 

   Week 7 “The Walls of Jericho”   Read:  Joshua 1-6; 8; 10-11; 23-24  Listen:  “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” - Mahalia Jackson

   Week 6 'Wandering" Read:  Numbers 10-14; 20-21; 25; 27; Deuteronomy 1-2; 4; 6; 6;  8-9;  29-32; 34 Listen:    I've Been To The Mountaintop , Martin Luther King, Jr, April 3,  1968 View:  View from Mount Nebo, Jordan Listen:    I've Been To The Mountaintop , Martin Luther King, Jr, April 3,  1968

  Week 5  “The Law”  Read :  Exodus 19-20; 24-25; 32-34; 40 Listen:  If Ye Love Me,  Thomas Tallis  View:  Moses , Michaelangelo c. 1513-15

Read: Exodus  1-7; 10-17  The Exulte t from the  The Book of Common Prayer , 1979.  Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, and let your trumpets shout Salvation for the victory of our mighty King. Rejoice and sing now, all the round earth, bright with a glorious splendor, for darkness has been vanquished by our eternal King. Rejoice and be glad now, Mother Church, and let your holy courts, in radiant light, resound with the praises of your people. All you who stand near this marvelous and holy flame, pray with me to God the Almighty for the grace to sing the worthy praise of this great light; through Jesus Christ his Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen. It is truly right and good, always and everywhere, with our whole heart and mind and voice, to praise you, the invisible, almighty, and eternal God, and your only-begotten Son,Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, whoat the fea