Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by […]
Hope for the hopeless. Light in the darkness. Destruction of the proud, and exaltation of the humble. An invitation to bow down. Worship. Surrender. Truly live. Merry Christmas.
This quote seems a good explainer of the theology animating an ever-increasing number of folks, now including most of the mainline denominations: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross.” (H. Richard Niebuhr, ‘The Kingdom of God in America’)
Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. (Psalm 146:3-5) The church has spectacularly […]
Earlier this year I embarked on a project to do some journaling based on scripture. Starting with the book of Romans, the idea was to take scripture in smaller chunks, reflect on it, and record some thoughts (without referencing any footnotes or commentaries before doing so). As we all tend to do with many such […]
As of the time of this post (mid-April 2020), the potential fallout from the COVID-19 virus is still a huge unknown. No one’s really sure how long the social distancing and stay-at-home orders will be in effect (or if they’ll be reinstated in the event of future recurring outbreaks). The short- and long-term ramifications […]
It’s Palm Sunday 2020 as this post goes live, and to continue the Andrew Peterson theme begun a few weeks ago, here’s a song from his ‘Resurrection Letters, Volume II’ album. It’s a Hosanna that speaks to the frailty and weakness of us all, and serves as a stark reminder of just how “good” the […]
All of the social distancing and shelter-in-place guidelines, coupled with the spread of the coronavirus, surely has many folks on edge. Isolation, coupled with worry, can quickly lead to despair, and feelings of being alone in a desert of sorts. Trappist monk Thomas Merton wrote his classic ‘Thoughts In Solitude’ in 1953-1954, but it contains […]
Up until several weeks ago, I had never made my way completely through the Bible from beginning to end. In truth, I technically still haven’t “read” the entire Bible, but in early-mid 2019 I started listening to an audio Bible when I went to bed. Over the years I’ve taken advantage of various sales at […]
Maybe you’ve contracted the coronavirus. Maybe you’re just ill with the regular flu, or a cold, or some other bug. Maybe you’re at home caring for an ill family member. Maybe you’re working from home, or taking classes from home, for the duration of the current outbreak. In any case, if you find that your […]