Sunday Afternoon Musings Psalm 34:18 (ESV) 18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted . and saves the crushed in spirit. Priceless truth to hold on to the midst of a sometimes brokenhearted-joy.
Friday is for Heart Songs Read Psalm 114:1-8 Suggested by a Reading of Psalm 114 Meditating on Psalm 114 To Tremble at Holy Things A people, dirty . landless, . homeless, . unskilled, . … More To Tremble at Holy Things
For Discussion Rereading the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and ran across this exchange between three characters in the novel. Thomas Covenant is conversing with another character, Mhoram, one of the Lord’s of The Land, and (my favorite character) a giant by the name of Saltheart Foamfollower: Covenant: “We have beauty, too. We call it … More How Do You Resist Despair?
Tuesday is for Thinking Found a new old word today. It has dropped out of use but we need to revive it for our time. BABBLEMENT (n.) “Senseless prattle” or “unmeaning words,” according to Webster. Seems like a perfect word for most of what appears on the Evening News, most of what comes out of … More Babblement — the perfect word for so much of our culture
Tuesday is for Reflection Rereading Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, an entire book exploring the “intentional embrace of a lifestyle of radical gratitude,” (from the backcover). This is a discipline that is not easy, but it is a discipline that transforms life, all of life and Ann … More “You’ve Changed” : : The Difference Gratitude Makes
Sunday Musings Luke 7:9 (ESV) When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” Questions: Is there anything about your faith that would cause God to “marvel”? Shouldn’t that be a priority ambition for … More A Priority Ambition for the People of God
Saturday Musings A short, great video from Neil Cole. Oh for the churches in America that would risk the breaking of their hearts.
Friday is for Heart Songs I still remember my Latin professor at the University of Maryland saying, “No man can consider himself educated who has not read The Confessions of Augustine.” Great men like Augustine deserve to be read in every generation. But not everyone has the time or opportunity. That is one of the … More A Prayer before a Preacher
Thursday is for Thinking Interesting article from Relevant Magazine early last week. The article was by COLE NESMITH, titled “Yes, the World is Getting Better”. Whether he is right on the conclusion, some of the information goes against the grain of the nightly news about the “fearful” world in which we live. In other words, ISIS, … More What to Make of This? “The World is Getting Better”
Wednesday is for Prayer I’m in a conversation with an atheist over on Twitter. He is asking me for a proof that God exists. “Give me your best proof,” he says. I told him I don’t believe because of “a” proof. I believe because of a compounding of various proofs and evidence and ultimately because … More An Atheist Helps Me Understand Why I Believe
