It Will Be Epic
daily reading plan May 21, 2020 by Steven Lulich Save us, O Lord our God!Psalm 106:47 One of my favorite movies of all time is the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It’s huge, it’s vibrant and colorful, it boasts an enormous cast, and it depicts one of the most foundational […]
A Natural Occurrence, or a God Thing?
daily reading plan May 20, 2020 by Tim O’Connor “The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.” (Psa 104:21) Psalm 104 is a hymn of praise to God for the power and providential care He displays throughout creation. Its opening words are the basis of a contemporary worship song often sung […]
Worshipping a Holy God
daily reading plan May 19, 2020 by Bob Whitaker Psalm 93-100 is a cluster of praise songs to God, Psalms that call the community together in worship. The English roots for our word worship come from two words. The first is weorth which means worthiness or honor. The second is scipe which means to create. […]
It is Good to Give Thanks: Reflection on Psalm 92:1
daily reading plan May 18, 2020 by Dan Waugh “Be good!” That’s probably the most common thing I yell at my kids as they’re running out the door to go hang with friends, go to baseball practice, ride their bike through the neighborhood, or anything else they may be up to. It’s more reflex than […]
Remembering God’s Help in the Past Brings Comfort
daily reading plan May 15, 2020 by Jennie Hession I have always been a person who looks to the future. I’m always looking forward. And often find myself making plans for the next big adventure or project that I want to take on. In the past several years, I’ve been reading and listening to podcasts, […]
Hope for the Hopeless
daily reading plan May 15, 2020 by Steven Lulich You who have made me see many troubles and calamitesWill revive me again; From the depths of the earthYou will bring me up again.”Psalm 71:20 In my life, I don’t feel like I have personally known “many troubles and calamities,” but I know others who have. […]
Return of the King
daily reading plan May 13, 2020 by Tim O’Connor “…the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary” (Psalm 68:24) Last week, I reflected on Psalm 31, which Christ quoted in his dying words, and our need to prepare for the inevitable occasions when our faith and hope is tested, and our usual support […]
Better than Life
daily reading plan May 12, 2020 by Bob Whitaker In Psalm 63 David makes a dramatic statement. “Your love is better than life.” When David writes this Psalm he is living in the desert of Judah. He might be fleeing from King Saul or more likely he is running for his life because of a […]
Absolute vs. Relative Harm
daily reading plan May 11, by Dan Waugh When my boys were younger we would wrestle a lot. They’d jump on me or punch me in the arm and I’d say something like “a fly, a fly just landed on me,” or “a gnat just bit me.” It was my way of saying, “Do your […]
We Have Heard with Our Ears
daily reading plan May 8, 2020 by Aaron Brown I find it easy to judge the Israelites. Don’t you? I think about the beautiful and bloody story of God making his covenant with Abram to the binding of Isaac. I think about Jacob wrestling with God and how God saved Jacob and his sons from […]
