“Train a child in the right way, and when she is older, she will not stray from it…” – Proverbs 22:6 So I have been spending much time, thought, and prayer into this question of what it means to live…
Read More“I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved; and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I came that they might have life and have it…
Read MoreSo, it’s springtime in Alabama. Flowers are blooming everywhere, birds are singing… I am existing on a healthy diet of Zyrtec, Mucinex, and Robitussin… I love spring but hate allergy season. How can I feel as if I am drowning…
Read More“I thank my God every time I remember you,…” – Philippians 1:3 I was returning home this morning from taking my kids to school, and I was flooded by memories of my grandmother. That was kind of surprising, but I…
Read More“Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love…
Read More“Father forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing…” – Luke 23:35 One of my most favorite activities is a Monday morning contemplative prayer group that meets at our church. It is a time of deep reflection and conversation…
Read More“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” Jeremiah 31:3 As we come fully into our journey this Lenten season, I have one piece of advice. Hopefully, through prayerful…
Read More“Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.” – Psalm 85:8 I have the great and unending joy…
Read More“Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.” – Hebrews 13:3 As I begin my journey into Lent, I have been praying…
Read MoreSo, I am tasked with creating a Psalm of Lament (or Complaint) for my Old Testament Class. A lament psalm is one in which the writer is experiencing a painful situation. He cries out to Yahweh and asks for divine…
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