Quotation of the Day
Psalm 37 knocked me off my feet this morning. “do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.” – today’s memory verse (v.9b, BCP) I’ve been reflecting on my worry-wort habits recently, and keep...
View ArticlePsalm 131 Mash Up
Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race...
View ArticleDespair & Dashing Babies Against the Rocks
Two of the most infamous psalms in Scripture are 88 and 137, so it seemed like an especially brilliant idea to tackle them both in one go during the 35 minutes alloted for Sunday School (usually it’s...
View ArticleThe Blood of the Innocent
“34 Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses! 35 And yet you say, ‘I have done nothing wrong. Surely God isn’t angry...
View ArticleVisceral Reactions to Music (and other things)
Sunday mornings are rough. Getting the kids up, fed, dressed, hair-combed, and out the door (or, if you don’t have kids, doing the same thing for yourself, after your Saturday night…). When you get...
View ArticleChristmas Day – Joy to the World! – The Church of St. Michael & St. George
“The hills are alive with the sound of music!” Perhaps that’s not the song you came to church to hear today, but that’s what we just sang in the psalm together. “Let the hills ring out with joy before...
View Articlelistening to the heart of God
“But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; my soul is quieted within me.” (Psalm 131:2, BCP) Babies know when Momma is holding them; Dad doesn’t sound or feel quite...
View Article“I’d never cried like that before, but the psalmist had”
Today, I write at the Covenant Blog about how memorizing prayers has helped me deal with death. Check it out HERE. I’ve also written about how I’ve seen God through life with my grandpa over the last...
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