In Whom Do We Trust?
daily reading plan June 25, 2020 by Tim O’Connor It seems that the reservoir of trust in our society is quickly drying up. Name an institution (the Church included), and one of the interminable polls we are bombarded with will tell you that the percentage of people having confidence in it has dropped to low numbers. We are also atomized (frayed […]
Songs of the Heart
daily reading plan June 22, 2020 by Bob Whitaker Music enters the soul in a way that nothing else can. As the melody rises, the lyrics emerge from our memory almost effortlessly. We sing the words over and over again, letting them become part of our thinking, emotions, and even our daily lives. Of course, […]
The Lord Will Be Your Help
daily reading plan June 18, 2020 by Steven Lulich If the Lord had not been my help,My soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.Psalm 94:17 Sometimes silence is golden. At the end of a long day, when the kids have been at each other’s throats and I’m at the end of my […]
Sacramental Living
daily reading plan June 16, 2020 by Bob Whitaker In all four Gospels we read the story of Jesus multiplying five loaves and two fish for a crowd of 5,000. The story is personalized in John’s gospel by including a young boy who provided elements for the miracle. This is a story of sacramental living. […]
For His Name’s Sake
daily reading plan June 4, 2020 by Steven Lulich He leads me in paths of righteousness For his name’s sake Psalm 23:3 Psalm 23 is perhaps the best-known and best-loved of all the Psalms. Any why not? It is a tremendous comfort to know that God is my Shepherd – He leads me beside still […]
The Pledge of Allegiance
daily reading plan May 29, 2020 by Steven Lulich Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;Keep watch over the door of my lips!Psalm 141:3 As someone whose day job revolves around the world of speech and language, I am automatically drawn to passages that refer to the mouth, the lips, the tongue, the voice. […]
I Will Not Rest Until I Find a Place for the Lord
daily reading plan May 28, 2020 by Steven Lulich I will not enter my house or get into my bed,I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,Until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.Psalm 132:3-5 I have a friend who grew […]
The House of the Lord
daily reading plan May 27, 2020 by Tim O’Connor “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!’” (Psa 122:1) Do you yearn to re-join your brothers and sisters in communal worship of our Lord? The writer of Psalm 122 did, and he rejoiced when the opportunity […]
Divine Light
daily reading plan May 26, 2020 by Bob Whitaker “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” I will never forget the first time I experienced complete darkness. As young boy my family took us to Mammoth Cave National Park. We were guided through the cave by a seasoned […]
How Firm a Foundation
daily reading plan May 25, 2020 by Dan Waugh Psalm 119:89, Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Recently a friend from church asked me to read a book with him because it made him so angry. It’s a bad book, so bad that I have unfriended the person who asked […]
