“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes…” Revelation 7:9-17 “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are…” 1 John 3:1-3 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted…” Matthew 5:1-12 Ray Steinbis died this week. Only …
Month: October 2020
Being Still: Letting Go…
Psalm 46 I had pulled it out before going on a call the other day: these resounding words of the Psalmist which have strengthened countless struggling ones and which ring out in our minds and hearts this Reformation Day in Martin Luther’s triumphant rephrasing of this ancient message. I pulled it out to take with …
Divided Loyalties: Weighing It Out
Matthew 22:15-22 Oh, I surely do wish today that Jesus would have made it easier on us than he does now. For while his reply to the Herodians and the Pharisees walked an important and tenuous line, it leaves us with the responsibility of wrestling this question through our whole lives long. Now understand, please, …
This Exile: Then and Now
Isaiah 25:1-9 I have been sitting with the words of the prophet Isaiah in these last days. And I have been wondering at how his words first heard by a broken, lost people must have sounded. I have been wondering what it means that he spoke to a people in exile. And, yes, I am …