Go to the House with Joy

It was late winter in Kishnau, Moldova, a city near the Romanian border in what was formerly a part of the Soviet Union. “Uncle Charlie” VanderMeer, director of... Read More »
“Psalm 96: Calling for a Party” (Part One)

“Psalm 96: Calling for a Party” (Part One)

Celebrate God!  (96:1-3) Every once in a while we should stop for a party, and get our church to do the same. It’s not a birthday party or an anniversary, but a celebration... Read More »
Keeping Secrets

Keeping Secrets

“God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the... Read More »
An Autumnal Face

An Autumnal Face

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face; Young beauties force our love, and that’s a rape; This doth but counsel, yet you cannot... Read More »
“The Missing Ingredient” (Part Three)

“The Missing Ingredient” (Part Three)

This week we are considering the desperate need for hope among the people of God. Monday we tried to clarify what hope is and what it is not. Yesterday, we look at where hope is found.... Read More »
“The Missing Ingredient” (Part Two)

“The Missing Ingredient” (Part Two)

This week we are considering the desperate need for hope among the people of God. Yesterday we tried to clarify what hope is and what it is not. Today, we look at where hope is... Read More »

Psalm 105:1-3, 7-8, 45 (responsive)

Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his... Read More »

The Rescue

The psalmist told us that God “put a new song in my mouth —praise to our God” (Psalm 40:3). The song did not come easily to him. “He . . . brought me up out of... Read More »

Sing!

Our home in Boise is next to a park where I walk most mornings. An elderly woman walks there at the same time. She walks clockwise and I walk counter-clockwise, which means that we... Read More »
“The Missing Ingredient” (Part One)

“The Missing Ingredient” (Part One)

As a boy, I wanted to impress my parents by baking them a cake. However, since I didn’t know how to bake cakes, I didn’t get all the ingredients into the mix and, as a... Read More »
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