This is one of those credit-where-credit is due, let-me-tell-you-the-story-of-what-God-has-done-for-me Psalms. Enemies threaten, mighty waters overwhelm, snares entwine. David is all but lost. Then through a raging storm, God comes hurling […]
Well, crap. I mean, shoot! I mean, sorry Jesus! Some of us are out here talking about how Jesus is hugs and butterflies all the time. Meanwhile, he’s out here […]
A scientist in my former congregation, John, and I used to get into friendly arguments about what the most crucial moral and spiritual issue of our day was. I said […]
Some people have green thumbs, and some people don’t. My Jewish mother-in-law, of blessed memory, had a way with African violets. She also knew how to do donkey tail plants […]
Maybe you, like me, have at present no earthly beloved to gather you in their arms and spirit you away to an enchanted love nest. Maybe you, like me, […]
The psalmist paints a beautiful picture of 40 years in the wilderness. God is the beneficent provider, freely giving the people what they need. Bread, meat, water, light in the […]
Laughter comes in countless varieties: the polite chuckle; the belly laugh; the burst that makes your nose leak; the snicker of teenagers who think parents are dumb as rocks, the […]
Sometimes it’s just plain hard to believe the Bible. I’m not talking about things like the earth being created in six days or the parting of the Red Sea. I […]
