I believe in the sun, even when it’s not shining. I believe in love, even when I don’t feel it. I believe in God, even when he is silent. Some claim this is an Irish saying, others that it had been written on a wall by a Holocaust victim. Whatever you believe, this is a […]
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Have you ever been falsely accused? Have you ever been a victim of a mistaken identity or a stolen identity? Or charged the wrong amount of money, or charged for something you never ordered, or overcharged because of human error or computer error? The writer of Psalm 26 would be able to relate to your […]
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As you sow, so shall you reap. Beware the yeast of the Pharisees. Consider the lilies. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Every valley shall be exalted and every hill laid low. Fear not. Give and gifts will be given to you, good measure, packed together, shaken down and overflowing. […]
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Recently science has begun to explore the spiritual realm, trying to put “God” under the microscope. Scientists try to study religious phenomena using scientific methods. However, no scientist, not even Einstein or Stephen Hawking, can adequately explain creation and the Creator. Psalm 24 reminds us of this. The Earth is the Lord’s, the psalm begins. […]
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Psalm 23, a prescription for health? How can that be? I don’t know about you, but personally, I’m not the best patient. I have problems following orders. I second guess and question and pretty much do what I want to do and find ways to justify this. Somehow, I get by. It must be frustrating […]
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“My God, My God, why have you abandoned me?” – Jesus cries from the cross, his lowest point, also his highest. This was what he had come here to do, to die so that we might live. In that moment he fulfilled all the Father had commanded. These last words in Mark’s gospel make up the […]
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“Would you like to be queen for a day?” the announcer would shout at the beginning of the TV Show “Queen for a Day.” You can, Psalm 21 tells us! I remember watching as a kid. Even then I thought it was a little strange as four women were selected out of the audience and told […]
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What’s in a name? Shakespeare tell us, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The author of Psalm 20 would beg to differ with this statement. Psalm 20 The psalm for this week, Psalm 20, is a royal psalm (other royal psalms include 2, 28, 45, 72, 101, 132, 144). The format […]
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The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork! (1) We, here in Michigan, are finally getting some days of sunshine and the promise of spring after late April snowstorms. While sunshine is not absent the majority of days, we are not a sunshine state. And so, we appreciate those days […]
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“Don’t tell God how big your storm is, tell the storm how big your God is,” my friend, Marcy Keefe-Slager, once said. And well she knew about storms in her life. She survived breast cancer only to die from lung cancer many years later. Here in Michigan, we have been hit by some late winter […]
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