I’ve had bad eyes most of my life. Without corrective lenses, the world at a distance has a softening hazy blur. When the time came to get my driver’s license in high school, I memorized […]
Tag: Exodus
Journey with Jesus 3 — New Exodus (Mark 1:2-3)
Sometimes, in order to tell a story, another story must be told first. Without the set-up story, the main story won’t have the same weight or meaning. I find myself doing this with my kids […]
Psalm 135
A rendering of Psalm 135, a call to praise the real God who created the world and is actively involved in the world, unlike the empty concepts of “God” people make for themselves.
Psalm 114
A rendering of Psalm 114, which sees the Exodus through a creative lens, as if the creation itself was being playful as it aided God’s people in their escape from Egypt.
Psalm 77
(Worship leader: This Asaph psalm is a kind and needed companion during depression.) I prayed my voice hoarse. With tears, I called to God, Needing him to hear, Needing him to help. My soul was […]
Psalm 66
A rendering of Psalm 66, where personal struggle and rescue are seen in the light of what God has done in history, rescuing his people after they have struggled.
Entering into the Big Story in prayer
There are some stories other people have told me that are so vivid in my imagination, it’s as if I was there, as if those things happened to me. My wife tells a story about […]
Liberty — our great ideal & our great idol
The Statue of Liberty stands in her solitary glory on Ellis Island, holding her torch aloft as a beckoning beacon and inviting those in need of her gift to seek it here in America. Liberty is a […]
Political posts and the 9th Commandment
On any given day, anyone using Facebook is subjected to a bunch of political posts. I know that some people block or unfriend people who get too political (especially if they hold the opposite view), […]