Grace and Peace, Joanne

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Revelation 8: Contest of the Gods

There is one last correlation that almost certainly would have come to mind for John’s audience—the Exodus.

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 32: Shalom

All of us have experienced being in the desert places. Perhaps that is where you are right now. What act of repentance is God calling of you in order to make you ready for the outpouring of God’s Spirit in your desert place to bring back life?

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 31: When the Chips Are Down

Our real crisis is always going to be about faith, about being more impressed with human plans, human ingenuity, and human control rather than God’s wisdom, God’s character, God’s promises, and God’s will.

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Book of REvelation

Revelation 8: The Power of Prayer

The tremendous power in the prayers of the holy ones was also revealed to John. You and I think of that power as reaching up to God and the Lord responding in divine might. But this time, John watched as these sacred prayers were thrown forcefully back to earth in a startling reversal of how prayer has ever been viewed.

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Book of REvelation

Revelation 8: The Altar of Incense

There is something of a dream quality to John’s narration, as though he were himself enrapt in the incense.

January 10, 2023January 9, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 30: Commitment of Faith

In order to understand what faith is, you and I have to actually use it. A person does not really have faith until that person lives it out, boots on the ground, real life, real dilemmas, real crises.

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Isaiah

Isaiah 29: Saving Faith

This was the strange way God was going to inspire their faith, and often, it is the strange way God brings you and me back to center as well.

January 6, 2023January 12, 2023 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Book of REvelation

Revelation: The Second Set of Sevens

The four basic scholarly frames of reference will layer well with historical insight and scriptural overlay while leaving room for the possibility that John’s prophetic oracles have yet to be (completely) fulfilled.