1-2 All you who fear God, how blessed you are! how happily you walk on his smooth straight road! You worked hard and deserve all you’ve got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness! 3-4 Your wife will bear children as a vine bears grapes, your household lush as a vineyard, TheContinue Reading
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” Luke 19:10 NIV You’re the Word of God the Father From before the world began Ev’ry star and ev’ry planet Has been fashioned by Your hand All creation holds together By the power of Your voice LetContinue Reading
It seems like the economic and political world is swirling faster and faster and faster into…. no one really knows where. For many people their personal lives feel the same: employment, financial, relationship, etc. chaos. While the reality of this present moment for our family is that we are relatively stable, the clouds of fearContinue Reading
words recession – no skubalon – gas prices lower – rain and gray days coming – budget shortfalls – one pound eight ounces – gotta wash laundry – economic stimulus – hamas launches rocket into israel again – diagnosed with cancer – can we pay these bills – in-laws comingContinue Reading
O holy child of BethlehemDescend to us we prayCast out our sin and enter inBe born in us todayWe hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tellO come to us abide with usOur Lord Emmanuel 4-6John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads toContinue Reading
God, help us to look deeper this Advent and Christmas and to not let us get caught in a surface-deep understanding of Christmas. It came upon a midnight clear That glorious song of old From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold Peace on the earth good willContinue Reading
I’ve been pondering my own impatience with time – when I was in the hospital with newborn twins I was impatient to get out. When we were first home I was impatient to get done with tube feeding and move on to nursing. Yet, if I really was able toContinue Reading
My prayer for you this week is that you would find the wisdom you seek. I don’t know exactly what you need or how that will come for each of you, but here are some thoughts from Scripture: “Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdomContinue Reading