There is something unique about the Psalms. Perhaps because David and the other Psalmists speak out of their inner hearts. The inner heart is where we speak without fear of criticism or embarrassment. It’s what we think: the stuff we struggle with and the words we try to share with God. It’s also where we …
As we enter this celebratory season from November to January—marking Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year, it is an ideal time to reflect on our lives and ask, “Am I content or am I restless?” While winter brings many celebrations, it also brings gloom and cold, leading to shorter days and feelings of isolation. Some people enjoy …
He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and Love your neighbor as yourself.” -Luke 10:27 We are entering a season of gratitude as we prepare for Thanksgiving with our friends and family. I love the Holiday season! …
Are you having a good harvest in this season of your life? My bonus daughter and her girls took last year’s pumpkin and let it rot, it completely died and shriveled up, but then new life slowly emerged from the old pumpkin. This autumn, they harvested 19 pumpkins from 1 dead rotten pumpkin. Matt. 13:23 …
The saying holds true ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ John 4:37 According to ancient economic records the saying was very true. Often field workers worked on the land, while others literally reaped the harvest. In the ministry the saying rings true as well. It is easy to become discouraged in ministry. So many are angry …
Harvest: a seven-letter word I grew up understanding. Harvest meant work, long nights, longer days, breakdowns, the smell of corn drying in the pit dryer, big trucks, and playing in the grain wagons while the combine dumped corn on us. I also knew harvest was much more than three months in the fall. Harvest began …
Today I want us to look at the life of Eve in Genesis chapter three and examine what she did wrong and how she got to this point of failure. It is so easy to blame the fall of mankind on Eve, but her failure did not start with her – it started with Satan. …
In my Old Testament class, I studied the story of Athaliah in 2 Kings 8:16-11:6 and 2 Chronicles 21:4-23:15, and I was astounded by her profound brutality and wickedness. She was raised in an environment saturated with violence and idolatry. She was the granddaughter of Omri, who seized the throne violently, and the daughter of the …
Miriam and Aaron speaking against Moses
“SWOP might be considered a constructive program by nonviolent scholars and activists, as it attempts to create more imaginative and just communities, reducing harm, improving health care and works to uphold the civil and human rights of workers and their communities.” (https://swopusa.org/ ) Doesn’t SWOP sound like a nice organization? One that you might even …
