The longest Psalm so far in the book – 50 verses that feel like David just riffing on all the ways that God has provided for him. I have to admit that some of the language (destroying others, etc) makes me more than a bit […]
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Imago Scriptura 120 – Zephaniah 1-3 -Surprises
About 10.5 years ago (on July 4) we got quite a surprise. We found out that we were pregnant with our 3rd child. This was not expected in any way – there’s a classic picture that was taken at a 4th of July party where […]
Imago Scriptura 103 – Isaiah 55 – Flowing
In addition to the conference last week at Montreat, I was blessed by time in just the beautiful Creation in that part of the country. While the colors weren’t what I hoped they would be at that time, it was still stunningly beautiful and I […]
Power
I walked home late this morning to get some lunch only to find that the power was out for our chunk of town. I walked into the house to find that the loaf of bread that I set up to be finished when I was […]
BFTJ – Sep 8 – Choosing Blessings
Nouwen continues a similar theme around choosing blessings or curses in our lives – its a message of what we are focusing upon. Today he has a beautiful line as he closes the devotional: Jesus came to bless us, not to curse us. But we […]
Searching for Sunday – Review
I just finished reading Rachel Held Evans‘ new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church, and found it to be an absolutely blessed read. It was challenging at points, encouraging at points, hopeful at points, and realistic all the way through. As […]
A Place at the Table – 34 – Flowing
A Place at the Table – 34 – Flowing God, as we walk in circles, as we swarm about like bees seeking a place to nest, we consider all that You have done for us. More and more as we walk, we are understanding what […]
Imago Adventus – 19 – Watchtower
Habakkuk 2:1, 3:16-19 I will stand at my watchpost, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint… I hear, and I tremble within; my lips quiver at […]
Imago Adventus – 05 – Bless
Genesis 12:1-7 – Bless Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your […]
Mark Photos 8:1-10 – Abundance
Mark 8:1-10 – Feeding the Four Thousand In those days when there was again a great crowd without anything to eat, he called his disciples and said to them, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days […]
Psalm Photos – 119:1-8 – Aleph – Those
Psalm 119:1-8 – Alef Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways. You have […]
Psalm Photos – 103 – Bless
Psalm 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits— who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life […]
