A few words from King David, the Psalmist ... the author of Psalm 140 (Any minor alterations, mine.) "Deliver us, O Lord, from evildoers; protect us from those who are violent, who plan evil things in their minds and stir up wars continually. They make their tongue sharp as a snake's, and under their lips […]
Some questions I've been asking myself lately: 1. Do American Christians know what has happened throughout history to the church when it makes "marriage vows" with the State? (Think Constantine ...) 2. If followers of Jesus aren't going to care for the poor, be a voice for the voiceless and watch out for the […]
A Mary Oliver poem for today ... The Morning Paper Read one newspaper daily (the morning edition is the best for by evening you know that you at least have lived through another day) and let the disasters, the unbelievable yet approved decisions, soak in. I don't need to name the countries, ours among them. […]
I read this Christian "call to worship" today ... and wept a little with sadness for our world, but hope for what the church could be and do if we turned back to the simple, radical message of Jesus. In a culture built on 'us and them,' where we are all right and they are all […]
"It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God - but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people - and this is not learned in five minutes." (Oswald Chambers)
I have been thinking a lot lately about my own, very real, limitations. I have a certain level of capacity. After 51 years, I have a pretty good sense of when that capacity is tapped out. Often, that occurs before I wished it did. I used to think I should do more. Rest less and […]
