Before I Go through the Gate

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. – Psalm 118:19 (NRSV)  I did not grow up in a “come forward” church. Our weekly worship did not include a routine in which people came from their seats to the front...

Outcry

The One Who Is & Shall Be said to Abraham: “I am sending angels to the place of Violent Fire, to assess the veracity of the people’s cries against it. If their cries are true, I will destroy it.” Abraham pleaded: “Surely you have more...

Reminders

“When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between [me] and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” – Genesis 9:16 (NRSV) The world needs more reminders.  Guns need not just one safety lock but five...

The Breaks

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, so far from the words of my groaning? Yet you are holy … and sovereignty belongs to you, the ruler over all the earth. All families and all nations worship before you; all who sleep in the...

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