Psalm 1 I am tired. No matter what I do, I’m tired. I sleep but wake up not feeling refreshed. I have been taking naps which I have rarely done before. And still I am tired. And I am thirsty. I pour a coke with lots of ice and after I drink, I am still…
Psalm 77 Village of Hope The events of this week have affected us, some more than others. I want to say upfront that it is not that those who have been most affected have bigger hearts than those who were less affected. It has to do with how intimately connected you are to the Village…
Genesis 1:26-31; 2:19-25 Five years ago in October 2004 my oldest daughter Elizabeth married Matt. She had been living the past few years in an apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts with four other single women and her lease ran out at the end of August. Matt had an apartment in Lowell where they lived after they…
I Samuel 15:11, 35 If you are laying on the operating table with local anesthesia, here are four things you do not want to hear the doctor say. Better save that. We’ll need it for the autopsy. I wish I hadn’t forgotten my glasses. Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what’s that?…
I Samuel 18 It is quite painful for me to read the story of Saul. He was a reluctant king, was dragged into the position against his will, but then with God’s inspiration he became successful. He did what a king was supposed to do. He began by defeating Nahash the Ammonite. He went on…