Another offering for “The Poetry Project” Read Psalm 88 Get Me Out of Here “Get me out of here” is all my heart wanted to say.I was surrounded.The mockers were many.Friends were few.Words were vicious.Every thought took me deeper into troubles.Every memory deeper into depression.Like one walking among the dead,Like one unremembered even by You, … More Get Me Out of Here
The “Poetry Project” is a period feature of the blog composed of “poetic” reflections on each of the psalms in the psalter. The goal is produce a poetic-ish reflection on either the whole psalm or some portion of the psalm. I’m not under any illusions. I am not a poet. I have a poets heart … More The Poetry Project: Teaching a Soul to Sing Again
Read Psalm 77 Soul Care and Mental Health are in the news. Ever felt like God had deserted you, like you were abandoned by the only one who could save you? Ever felt like the resources at your disposal were not up to the situation at hand? Maybe you have been in a situation that … More Teaching a Soul to Sing Again: Biblical Patterns of Soul Care
I was reading in the church fathers and found this quote from Leo the Great (c. A.D. 400 – 10 November 461), was Bishop of Rome from September 29 A.D. 440 until his death, and found this gem. Commenting on Psalm 77: “What mind can understand this mystery, what tongue has the capability of explaining … More The Mystery of Conversion (Short post)
Sunday Musing Jesus’ view of marriage is incomprehensible to the Western mind. But incomprehensible or not, it is better than your understanding of marriage, better than mine and better than any human being who ever lived or will live. Better and right. It is the only way of marriage that maximally supports human flourishing. And … More An Incomprehensible View of Marriage
Growing up in Eastern Pennsylvania, I and my brothers and sisters grew up with an awareness that our family name “meant something” in the neighborhood. We weren’t rich. Dad usually was working three jobs and Mom also worked outside the home for different stretches when things still managed to get tight. Raising 7 children spread … More Pastoral Failure and Righteous Fear
Where Do We Find God? People will give you various answers to that question. Most of them will be wrong, and right. That is, they will be wrong in some ways and right in others. “They went, I say, partly in search of the sublime, and they found it the only way it can be … More Finding God in the Cracks and Corners
I love a good Jimmy Stewart movie, which means I love them all. I can’t think of a bad Jimmy Stewart movie. So if you are a Gen-x or Gen-Z person reading this and you don’t know who or what I am talking about, you have some great discoveries ahead of you. Last Friday on … More Jimmy Stewart Movie Wisdom
One of the Things that Impresses Me about Jesus is His Men. Peter and Andrew were brothers. Peter, who famously denied Christ and Andrew who introduced him to Jesus. John and James were brothers too, and they were two guys with problem tempers. Jesus gave them knick names, “‘the sons of thunder.” Thomas is guilless … More One of the Things that Impresses Me . . .
Four new books I’m putting on the top of my nightstand. Loving each one. Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology? Reflections of a Bultmannian turned Evangelical, by Dr. Eta Linemann. Dr. Linemann was a German scholar who was a personal student of Rudolph Bultmann. She taught for almost two decades in the German … More Four New Books on My Night Stand
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