But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,my glory, and the one who lifts up my head I am one who finds myself looking down a lot. Sometimes it is because I’m looking at my phone or because I’m watching where I am walking. […]
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Savoring the Word 05 – Luke 7:1-17 – Love
A few days ago, we had Chinese food for dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year and we of course had the fortune cookies afterwards. We had the usual things you’d expect to read in a fortune cookie and then we had this one. This was […]
Imago Scriptura 95 – Psalm 139 and 1 Corinthians 13 – Graffiti and Love
This post has not let me go. I have been thinking about the contrasts between these two passages for nearly the last week and it finally all clicked for me tonight. Nothing in partictular did it, but it just came together for me. Several days […]
Imago Scriptura 51 – Packets
“…are you angry with me because I healed a man’s whole body on the sabbath? Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.” – John 7:23-24 This morning, I had the honor of helping lead a service celebrating the life of a dear […]
Imago Scriptura 06 – Little Things
Sandwiched in Matthew 8 and 9 between healings and miracles and incredible acts that Jesus does is a quick story about Jesus’ call to Matthew and a dinner he shares. These seems a bit out of place when a paralytic is starting to walk, a […]
Wait for the Lord 05 – A Living Force
It is so tempting to take Nouwen’s title for today’s devotion and make it about Star Wars. But there is something far more significant that happened today than a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Nouwen wrote for this day about the […]
Imago Scriptura – Matthew 5:43-47 – Enemies
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he […]
Mark Photos – 4:21-25 – Bushel
A Lamp under a Bushel Basket He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand? For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except […]
Psalm Photos – 119:25-32 – Dalet – Dust
My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes. Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works. My soul melts away […]
Psalm Photos – 114 – Might
Psalm 114 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion. The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why is it, […]
Psalm Photos – 107 – Steadfast
Psalm 107 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from […]
The Fault in our Stars – Some Thoughts
Well, the last book read of the year was…wow. This was an absolutely wonderful, painful, and beautiful book to read. It is the story of two teenagers who each are fighting cancer and the relationship they develop. While cancer is a common thread throughout the […]
