Psalm 47: Not a Psalm for the Nation
January 5, 2026
Poetic Reflection on Psalm 47
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Liturgies For Life Hardback Edition
December 22, 2025
A revised and updated second edition of Liturgies for Life is now available in a Hardback Edition on Amazon. My hope is that many will find it and use it as a companion to their prayer life in the New Year. The subtitle of the book is “A Companion to a Life of Prayer.” For … More Liturgies For Life Hardback Edition
Praising the King: A Psalm for All Peoples
December 17, 2025
For the choir director.A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (NASB95) 1 O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy.2 For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.3 He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.4 He chooses our inheritance for … More Praising the King: A Psalm for All Peoples
Thinking about Sorrow
October 25, 2025
I have a lot of friends, pastors and non-pastors alike, believers and unbelievers too, who are going through deep valleys of pain, illness, loss, sorrows, and betrayals right now. No one is immune to these things. Life, since the fall and until Jesus returns, has always meant that all these things will visit our lives … More Thinking about Sorrow
Psalm 59: When an Enemy Pursues You
October 6, 2025
Imagine this as your history, the narrative of your life. You are young and inexperienced, the runt of the litter so to speak. When you are the youngest of 8 brothers you either become resilient or a coward. David became resilient. He would need it. His gifts and faith brought him to a place of … More Psalm 59: When an Enemy Pursues You
It’s All About the Grandchildren Now
June 6, 2025
“The Bridge-Builder” by Miss Will Allen Dromgoole Who was Miss Dromgoole? Well, the wikipedia article on her begins with this paragraph: Will Allen Dromgoole (October 26, 1860 – September 1, 1934) was an author and poet born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She wrote over 7,501 poems; 5,000 essays; and published thirteen books. She was renowned beyond the South; her … More It’s All About the Grandchildren Now
Psalm 117: Shortest Chapter in the Bible
April 2, 2025
The shortest chapter in the Psalms and the Bible is Psalm 117. It is also the middle chapter in the Bible with exactly 594 chapters before it and after it. Don’t go overboard with that observation. There is nothing inspired about the chapters of the Bible. But this is interesting–It is a Psalm centered in … More Psalm 117: Shortest Chapter in the Bible
Psalm 4 and a Brief Reflection
March 14, 2025
Unprofessional recording but real.
I Have a Friend Living on an Anvil
February 26, 2025
The first time I heard the poem below was in 1989. It was the only time I heard it. But I have never forgotten the moment or the man who quoted it. When I went searching for it again, I found it quoted by Ray Ortlund on a Gospel Coalition post from May 10, 2019. … More I Have a Friend Living on an Anvil
Psalm 2 Reading and Reflection
February 20, 2025
An early morning reading and reflection on Psalm 2.
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