When was a time that God answered your prayer in an immediate, almost shocking way? I was recently reminded of this event in my own life: When I was in college, I had a green mechanical pencil of a particular brand that can (perhaps) only be found in a certain […]
When I Feel Dead Inside: Ecclesiastes
Every so often, I slip into a melancholy mood. Life seems a weary thing; the world noisy and discordant. My emotions stagnate. Joy and excitement are lost to a dull monotone of feeling. I try to pray. My spirit is cold. That’s when I open up Ecclesiastes, and there I […]
His Hour Had Come to Depart
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17 In our little Sunday School class we recently covered the weeks […]
He Has Made Everything Beautiful in Its Time
What is a moment? A moment is the space between one breath and the next, the pause when sounds and silence are taken together. Listen. Time hangs suspended, dust in a sunbeam. The world is still; thoughts quiet. Then- gone. Look away from the screen. Pause. Have a moment. *** […]
Read Through Psalm 107
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,for his steadfast love endures forever!Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,whom he has redeemed from troubleand gathered in from the lands,from the east and from the west,from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes,finding no […]