It is snowing again. It is ironic how, at the beginning of winter, snow makes me feel good. I remember all the fun things from my childhood: sledding, snow forts, catching the first flakes on my tongue. The stark, bare…
Gazing on the Lord of Glory
Tag: suffering
Against All Hope
Everything we see, everything we hear, everything we feel ~ it can all tell us that it’s time to quit trying, to give up our dream and our calling, to give into despair. Sometimes, it would be easier to slide…
Psalm 3: The Conversion of Language
Psalm 3: A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O Lord, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me. Many are saying of my soul, “There is no deliverance for him in God.”…
King of Compassion
Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus. Since we’ve been talking about how God is our King ~ our creator, provider, Lord of all ~ it awes me even more to think about how Jesus…
Psalm 1: Prepare to Pray
“Thanksgiving for the past, rededication for the present, and expectation for the future were the all-embracing components of Israel’s worship as voiced in the Psalms ~ a worship rooted in the healing, compelling, and hopeful revelation of God in their…