Ever get a song in your head for days? Or worse, ever get cut to the heart so deeply by a song that feels like it sucker-punched you and ran away with your lunch money? For some it might be “Butterfly Kisses,” or maybe “Tears in Heaven.” For me it’s “A Hundred Years” by Five … Read More about A Hundred Years to Live
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Prepare Ye the Way
“In the beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,’ — ‘a voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for … Read More about Prepare Ye the Way
All Is Not Dark
The scars of life roused me from sleepAnd by the light of the moon You beckoned me to the shoreI couldn’t ignore that full-bright glowOr the roar of the waves as they crashed upon the rockSo I sat upon that rock in mid-nightI watched that moon reflect the sun with all it’s mightAnd the water, … Read More about All Is Not Dark
It Is Finished.
Tonight we attended a Good Friday service at a church we don’t normally go to. The Good Friday sermons I’ve heard don’t tend to vary much from year to year, as the focus is always on the solemn remembrance of Jesus’ death on the cross. This one surprised me, though, as the pastor began by … Read More about It Is Finished.
A New Name
“The man asked him, “What is your name?”“Jacob,” he answered.Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”– Genesis 32:27-28 This week in my reading of Genesis, a mysterious event occurs where Jacob wrestles with a “man” who Scripture … Read More about A New Name
To Shine Like Stars
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life…” -Philippians 2:14-16 This verse has long been one of my favorites. I think … Read More about To Shine Like Stars