There is nothing in this post about the Supreme’s hit, Stop in the Name of God, about a philandering husband and his wife’s pleading that he would stay home with her. But when I thought of Psalm 12, for some reason, the song title came into my head. Oh well, maybe somebody else can figure … More Stop, in the Name of Love!
A Morning Praise of the King of King “We rise this morning with joy. We rise this morning with hope. We rise this morning with purpose. We rise this morning knowing that Your words are pure. We rise this morning knowing that You will guard us and keep us. We praise You because our salvation … More A Sabbath Week of Praise — Friday
Four days before the World Trade Center Bombings I was meditating on Psalm 42. Sometimes God is preparing our hearts for things we don’t even know we need. So for all of you who are fine right now, there’s no tragedy you are fighting against, no illness you are seeking to overcome, no relationships that … More When Wounded Hearts Heal
Reading with the Pastor Mark 7 and Psalm 42-43 Today’s readings are sobering and exciting. The Pharisees continue to fight the teaching and ministry of Christ. Even though they have the Scripture, they don’t understand it. Nevertheless, a Gentile woman expresses faith in Christ and a desire to receive His blessing and healing for her … More How About This on Your Gravestone?
Sunday Musings Periodically, hearts need to be raked over coals to become malleable and soft again. The metaphor doesn’t work except it does. Fire doesn’t make flesh soft, it makes it crisp. It sears it. Meat shrinks and contracts when surrounded by the heat of a coal fire. But when the “hot coal” … More Darkness Created Light
This is actually an older piece I wrote four days before the World Trade Center murders on 9/11/01. This September marked 13 years [now 20 years] since the iconic buildings of the World Trade Center disappeared by the New York skyline and changed American culture for the foreseeable future. It would be impossible to enumerate … More Strange Food for a Wounded Heart
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