Category Archives: Psalms

Some things just go together. If you come upon one, you expect to find the other. Salt and pepper . . . a fork and a knife . . . thunder and lightning . . . macaroni and cheese . … Continue reading →

One of the things I do when I’m reading Scripture is to be on the look out for me. Well . . . not actually “me” . . . but references to the people of God. The thinking is that … Continue reading →

Mine is a pretty conservative ecclesiastical background. When it pleased God to give me eyes to see and a heart to respond, He planted me within a “Be still and know that I am God” type of fellowship. Ours was … Continue reading →

If you had one wish, what would you wish for? I’m guessing that at some point in everyone’s life that question has been asked in one manner or another. The most trite of answers sounds something like, “If I had … Continue reading →

There’s something about gathering with the people of God and lifting our voices in praising God that invites the presence of God. A bit of our experience yesterday at LTCC. There are no formulas which make some Sundays a little … Continue reading →

Reading Psalm 22 invariably takes you to the cross. It is the experience of Jesus’ last hours foretold centuries earlier by David. Most often, I read the psalm and find myself entering into the suffering of Messiah as I read … Continue reading →

Sometimes, instead of just one of my readings grabbing my attention, it is the combination of readings that causes me sit back and reflect . . . and wonder . . . and worship. That’s how it was this morning … Continue reading →

It’s the stuff that comedy routines are made of . . . talking wife, tuned-out husband . . . she’s sitting at the breakfast table conversing, his nose is in the paper (or his ipad) concentrating on the previous days’ … Continue reading →

At first, it comes across as kind of arrogant . . . kind of “holier-than-thou” like . . . kind of delusional, actually. It says that David wrote Psalm 18 as a song to the Lord “on the day when … Continue reading →

I’m not a gambler . . . not pro-gambling . . . probably shouldn’t use a gambling as an illustration . . . but as I come to the end of Psalm 17 this morning I can’t help but conclude … Continue reading →