To the same old world we left Wind Through The Trees Oh my deserted one You must put down your father's gun When the sundial reaches midday Shut your eyes and then looks away Something's wrong, they're all gone I will walk through the long, long grass and say your name Shot through...
In an instant the white veil appeared before me again. We had turned full circle. The white on white image of my Lord blended slowly into the mist. ‘I will trust you’, I whispered into the air. The veil parted. I stepped out and drifted away. My eyes were heavy and the sound of...
Ye are my witnesses 44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45Then opened he their ...
When I grew up Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts were a sensation. It was so long ago, the first television episodes were in black and white. You can see and hear some of the episodes on the internet, along with a wonderful introduction by Whoopi Goldberg. Leonard Bernstein and...
9What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,10as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11no one understands; no one seeks for God. ...
It is not by seasons of mystical meditation and rapturous experiences that we learn to abide in Christ; it is by feeding upon His word, His written word as found in the Bible, and looking to the Holy Spirit to implant these words in our hearts and to make them a living thing in our...
Psalm 46 is one of many Psalms written by the sons of Korah. It was sung as part of Israel’s worship. R.R. Hutton writes in The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary that Korah was “one of the principal families involved in leadership in the Jerusalem temple. The earliest at...
“He [Jesus] said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?’ So he answered and said, ‘You shalllove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ And...
I’ve felt for some time that I needed to spend time with the Psalms and in reflection on their place in my spiritual life. It seems like reflecting on the psalm selected for the day’s readings is a good place to start. What I’m finding most amazing is how closely these psalms are...
As written in Scripture, “The two become one.” Since we want to become spiritually one with the Master, we must not pursue the kind of sex that avoids commitment and intimacy, leaving us more lonely than ever—the kind of sex that can never “become one.” There is...