In December of 2009 or thereabouts, my son, Marty Schoenleber III (aka Marty S. Dalton), put a video up on Youtube.com. It inspired me to keep working on a project I thought of a couple of years ago. The idea was to write a poem of personal reflection for each Psalm in the Psalter. Some of … More Praise is Meaningless if the Heart is Untrue
Sanctifying the Day A Morning Call to Worship “We have so many reasons to love Him. He hears our voices when we cry. He inclines His Spirit to us. He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. And He is worthy this day of all our service. So let us rise in joy; let us serve … More Man of Sorrows–Our Great Hope
Sanctifying the Day — A Morning Call to Worship “Because we love the Lord, our heart cries out, all that is within us cries out, ‘Bless His holy name!’ We don’t forget all His benefits; we don’t forget His forgiveness of all our sin; we don’t forget that He has redeemed us from the pit, … More Because We Love the Lord . . .
Idea: Consider reading to the sound track of the BLOG. (“Aubre’s Gift” and the black bar to the right of this line.) Sanctifying the Day — A Call to Worship — “Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation! Let … More Entering into Rest
Sanctifying the Day — Remember the Sovereignty of God Call to Worship — “The Lord has been our dwelling placein all generations.Before He created the mountainsbefore he even formed the eartheven from everlasting to everlastingour God has been thinking about us;planning to redeem us,planning to rescue us,planning to adopt usplanning to make us heirs of … More The Comfort and Power of God’s Sovereignty
I know this has happened to you too. You went to Youtube and saw a video, maybe it was a music video, or a teaching video, or a movie short, or a full length movie. After the movie, or teaching, or song, something else popped up in the queue and before you knew it, you … More On the Importance of Hymns and Singing
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
Part of the Poetry Project (poetic reflections on the poetry of God) Read Psalm 27 On my sister’s birthday (4/4), The Gospel Coalition invited the world to spend a day in prayer and fasting for the pandemic called Covid19 virus but also for the advance of the gospel that meets the deepest needs of all … More One Thing – What is it?
Another Offering for the Poetry Project Read Psalm 17 Some months ago, I attended a theology conference in Chicago, and sat down with a pastor from California going through a difficult time with his leadership. Men he loved, gradually had turned away from him and he felt alone and abandoned not only by them but … More Before We Counter-Narrative
Saturday is for Thinking Part of the continuing series called “The Poetry Project”. The poetry project is a periodic series that appears on the blog as a part of my daily devotions in the psalms. When time allows and “inspiration” hits, I attempt to give a meditative reflection on a psalm in a poetic form. Never think … More Really God?
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