With the memories of Christmas Day still fresh in our minds, we carry with us into the coming days and new year much emotion, a touch of exhaustion, and a most valuable truth – God loves us! For all the prophecies given by God about the Messiah’s coming, Jesus fulfills each and every one ofContinueContinue reading “Embraced by Love: Power and Pursuit”
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Hiddenness: Death to Life
Waiting. Our minds work overtime to get us past it. Our bodies get busy to overcome it. Yet somewhere along the way we start believing we’ll never get through it. The truth is, however, waiting is never forever. Just as the dark of a sleepless night that stretches on and on eventually brightens with theContinueContinue reading “Hiddenness: Death to Life”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Epilogue
The “Hallelujah Chorus” still thrumming in our ears and hearts, we collectively wonder if that’s it. It always seems to happen — we wait and watch for Christ’s coming each year, then all at once Christmas is over. That same feeling of loss settles over us now. We want more. That’s when we realize theContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Epilogue”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 4
As the curtains rise, so do our hopes! It’s time for Act Four of Playing Psalms. Our hearts, in equal measure, eagerly anticipate what comes next and despair of this production’s conclusion. Because we’ve already peeked at our playbill, we know that this Act will include parts of Royal Psalm 89. Act Four, Scene OneContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 4”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 3
The lights flicker, indicating the end of intermission. Picking up our playbill, we note that Act 3 of Playing Psalms will portray Psalm 110. Interestingly, the playbill goes on to explain that Psalm 110 is the most quoted Psalm in all of the New Testament. By a lot. We wonder why that would be, butContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 3”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 2
The brief intermission over, we’re ready to get back to Playing Psalms. We settle in our seats, perhaps a little less eager than we were before the start of the show because we’re realizing this Christmas production isn’t all about snowflakes and sugar plums. It’s much more about the King who came to save HisContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 2”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 1
Today, the world kicks-off Advent, the season of preparation leading up to Christmas, and we’re taking part by having some fun Playing Psalms together. The particular Psalms that we’ll be playing in this series are the Royal ones that not only make use of mental images of monarchs but move us toward Messiah. I readContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, Act 1”
Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Prologue
As I listen to Lauren Daigle croon, “Oh, what fun it is to ride! Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh,” I feel an excitement tapping itself into being within me. I want to have fun! Yes, I do! Believe it or not, I think we can have someContinueContinue reading “Playing Psalms — An Advent Series, The Prologue”
Cancel
Since COVID-19 slammed into the States in March, our vocabulary has expanded to include words and phrases we’d not employed before — social distancing, flattening the curve, and shelter-in-place to name a few. Other expressions were familiar yet not common — pandemic, incubation, and quarantine. Then there are the words that have come to holdContinueContinue reading “Cancel”