Do you remember the highly successful marketing campaign of the 1990’s Got milk? It was fun, innocent, and memorable. As I came to the last Psalm in Worship & Wisdom, A Study of the Psalms and Proverbs, part 1, it wasn’t milk I was thinking about, but trouble. Twice in the last week, trouble was a key word for me […]
April 9
I’m eating my toast with a fork this morning. Crazy, right? I have a medical appointment soon so have to dash but I haven’t done breakfast yet and so … toast. With peanut butter and honey! And a cup of hot tea. And then the Lord gives me a thought to share with you and I don’t want to […]
How Do I Read The Bible
April 2
Thank you cards were one of the requirements of my growing up years. Mom was sort of militant about it. I so vividly remember that each of us (four siblings) would receive a birthday card from our great Aunt Hilda – with one crisp dollar bill inside! What joy that envelope sparked when it arrived in our mailbox, […]
The Righteous Are Playing the Long Game
Psalm 37: The Psalms and the Proverbs maintain the distinction between the wicked and the righteous, refusing to call evil good and good evil.
March 26
It was a dark and stormy night … Do you know this much-cliched opening line for a bad novel? My memory of this line is not from poorly written novels but from Charles Schulz’ Peanuts character Snoopy (my favorite beagle since childhood). One of Snoopy’s several imagined heroic and/or highly esteemed roles was that of the world famous author […]
Praise from the Cave
Psalm 34: Through the Psalms the LORD assures us he is near, and he invites us to draw even closer.
March 19
I have previously confessed that poetry is intimidating to me. But just this week it connected in my brain that songs are poetry. The Psalms are the songbook of the Bible. Poetry to be sung. This realization was not necessarily a comfort. I carry my tunes in a bucket. And I have no rhythm. Don’t feel bad for me or […]