Read Psalm 40 The School of Waiting It starts in Psalm 27:14, this theme of “waiting” for God to act, waiting for God to rescue his servant from desperation. Again and again, David says “Wait for the Lord.” In Psalm 37:7, 10, and 34, David repeats the theme, then again in Psalm 38:15 and then … More Psalm 40: The School of Waiting
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift” Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior Tastes Bitter Wine. Adapted from the accounts of Ps 69; Mt 27:48; Mk 15:35-36; Jn 19:28-30 Jesus thirsts. And some of the … More What Love Looks Like on a Bad Friday
[Listen to the sound file while you read — two inches to the right of this line on this page, marked “Aubre’s Gift”] Preparing Our Hearts for Good Friday and Easter The Savior is forsaken by the Father. Adapted from the accounts of Psalm 22:1-31 and Mt 27:45-46; Mk 15:33-34 Jesus applies Psalm 22 to … More Feeling Abandoned by God Himself
Read Psalm 38 God’s words are authoritative. Mine are not. Sometimes however, trying to put God’s word’s in our own “paraphrase” can be helpful at getting to a deeper understanding of God’s authoritative standard. In the following lines I have tried to rephrase “the feeling and passion” of God’s word. I hope it is helpful … More When We Deserve the Worst
Read Psalm 29* * Part of the Poetry Project The Voice There is a TV show, “The Voice” Whose plot line is to find “the voice” —-the voice that everyone recognizes as The One. —-the voice that is cut from a different cloth. —-the voice that stands out against all others. —-the voice whose power … More “The Voice” :: A Poetry Project Update
The idea in this periodic series is to write a poem of personal reflection for each Psalm in the Psalter. This is the offering for Psalm 116. Don’t think of any as high art. Think of these offerings as one poor man’s desire to draw nearer to Christ. New entries will generally appear on Sunday … More The Importance of Pain to Worship
6 I am weary with my sighing; . Every night I make my bed swim, . I dissolve my couch with my tears. 7 My eye has wasted away with grief; . It has become old because of all my adversaries. (Psalm 6, NASB) No, David didn’t weep … More I Am Weary with My Weeping
Just found a letter to my prayer team at New Song Church from January of 1998. It is a great stroll down memory lane but also a great testimony to the greatness and power of God. Mountain Ridge Community Church in Redmond, Washington, one of our church plants had just had their first service (We … More A Church Planting Church’s History
I love missionary stories. Full stop. I love them. God delights to use the broken to change the world.
This is a story I read years and years ago. And in a conversation last night after our home-group it came up in a conversation about the triviality of some of the things that we spend our lives on. I couldn’t help but think that it might be useful to offer to you, the nearly … More A Story of Tragedy and Waste
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