Right about this time of year 24 years ago, I was returning from a mission period in Central America where this Psalm was one that just kept coming up over and over again. I ended up taking a picture of a sunrise over the ocean […]
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Psalm 8 – Magnificient
I read this Psalm early this morning and what I decided to do through the day was to look for a bunch of things that spoke to the magnificence of God coming out of the last verse of this Psalm – O Lord, our Lord,how […]
Savoring the Word 11 – Luke 15 – Stillness Blessedly Interrupted
The other morning, my day started out like many of my others. When I got to the church, I took some time as I began my morning to pray. It was a chilly morning and so I lit my fireplace and sat down in front […]
Imago Scriptura 121 -Complete
Courtesy of leap day, I finished reading through the Bible yesterday morning. So over the last 365 days, I made it through Genesis to Malachi and Matthew through Revelation. There were moments of beauty and wonder as well as some parts that were just tough […]
Imago Scriptura 115 – 1 Peter 2:9 – Wonderful Light
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. I woke up this Thanksgiving morning and read this passage and my mind immediately went to […]
Imago Scriptura 101 – Isaiah 9 -Hope
So often this passage from Isaiah 9 is read in connection with Advent and Christmas – the looking ahead to the coming Messiah, but I heard this passage in a different way this morning… The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; […]
Imago Scriptura 86 – Psalm 89 – Walking in Light
Part of our worship service this morning was a blessing for our young people and teachers in the congregation as many of them go back to school tomorrow. Our “gift” to them was a small picture for them to put in their backpacks, in folders, […]
Imago Scriptura 76 – Psalm 8 – Chris
This morning my friend Chris and I went on a short walk to watch the sun rise (5:15am) over the lake near our campground. He and I have been friends for a very long time and its been wonderful how our respective wives and kids have […]
Imago Scriptura 45 – New
Yesterday morning, I was practicing my sermon in the sanctuary at about 6:45 as the run was rising. At one point I looked over at the east-facing stained glass window and saw something new that I had not seen in the glass before. Apparently the […]
Wait for the Lord 13 – Grace and Freedom
So, I am a day late in writing this, but yesterday morning I was getting ready for our early service and happened to glance out my office window and saw a beautiful lavender-ish light that was filling the street. My office window faces north so […]
Gratitude 26 – Blinding
Gratitude 26 – Bright I have written a lot recently about finding God in the everyday, in the simple, in the things that we need to be looking for lest we miss them. I also wrote yesterday about the curiosity of wondering what was beyond […]
Gratitude 24 – Fleetingly Ordinary
I went for an early walk this morning and was enjoying the crisp air and the sun reflecting on the frost covered surfaces. But this one surface made me stop. At first glance it’s just an ordinary guardrail that’s gotten fairly rusty over time. But […]
