Rev. Don Erickson

This meditation is going to be heavy on Bible verses. Often, I read the lectionary scriptures and simply go from there, maybe quoting a scripture or two in the process. But this meditation will be quoting scripture a lot. The reason this is true is that we’re looking at a very important topic, and the scripture has a lot to say about it.  The topic is this – Conscience.  In researching this topic last week, I came upon something that’s been going on since 1811 that I’ve only just heard about. The IRS has a fund that folks can donate to. It is called the Conscience fund. It’s meant for those who’ve defrauded the government in some way and because of their guilty conscience want to make it right. Clergy have often been mediators of monies given to the fund. Deathbed confessions to clergy led to donations to the Conscience fund. That said, it isn’t just religious people who are endowed with human conscience. Everyone is endowed with conscience. Yes, that conscience can become broken, but

Link to Lyrics below 1. Meditation #3: Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-6) 2. The Beginning (Genesis 1-3) 3. They Called Him Laughter   (Genesis 21:1-7) 4. God Will Provide a Lamb   (Genesis 22:1-19) 5. Asleep On Holy Ground (Genesis 32:22-32) 6. Jubilee   (Exodus 13;Leviticus 25–26) 7. A Face That Shone (Moses’ Story) (Exodus 34:29-35) 8. In the Wilderness (Numbers 13-36, etc.) 9. Barocha (Numbers 6:24-26) 10. Lift Up the Suffering Symbol (Numbers 21:4-9) 11. The Word Is So Near (Deuteronomy 30:14) 12. Then They Will Know (Jeremiah 31:33) 13. The Prophet (2 Chronicles 24:19-25) 14. Through the Eye / And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (Isaiah 11:3-6) 21. The Kingdom (Isaiah, Chronicles 28:5; 2 Chronicles 13:8; Daniel 2:44) 15. Will You Not Listen? (Jeremiah 7:13; 16:12; 17:23, etc.) 16. Recapture Me (Ezekial 14:5) 17. Valley of Dry Bones (Ezekial 37:1-14) 18. Song of Gomer (Hosea) 19. I Will Bring You Home (Zephaniah 3:20; Psalm 90:1) 20. Malakai (Malachi) 22. Meditation #4