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The Messiah
Last year, I wrote a post about the reasons I love Handel’s Messiah. It’s one of the posts that was lost when I switched hosts. But again I’m thinking of this sublime weaving of art and truth, delighting in it in my kitchen, in my car, and with my children. On Sunday, my husband was … Continue reading
Bursting with God-news
Upon entering, Gabriel greeted her: “Good morning! You’re beautiful with God’s beauty, Beautiful inside and out! God be with you.” (Luke 1:28, The Message) This afternoon I heard the song “Breath of Heaven” on the way home from the grocery store. It’s a song I’ve always assumed I liked, but today I realized: I don’t, … Continue reading
Seed speculations
It seems like an odd time of year to be thinking about seeds. It began over the weekend, when my husband got to thinking about God’s provision of seed-bearing plants very early in the creation story. He’s been thinking about the investment of time and resources as seeds, a metaphor Jesus uses often in his … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; 6 Who established the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power; 7 You who still the noise of the seas, The noise … Continue reading
As little children
A few weeks ago, we finished Egermeier’s Bible Storybook. It ends with a description of John on Patmos, writing Revelation. It doesn’t summarize Revelation — just tells the story of its writing. My older daughter remembered once hearing the Bible description of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelation 6, and she asked, “Could … Continue reading
Spiritual Depression
I got the Kindle version of Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cures by Dr. David Martyn Lloyd-Jones a few weeks ago. Looking this morning, I no longer find it available for the Kindle. I consider it a timely gift. I’ve heard that romance novels have thrived with the advent of e-readers, because what you read … Continue reading
Secret Righteousness
My favorite sermon so far in Lloyd-Jones’ Spiritual Depression focuses on Jesus’ parable at the start of Matthew 20. It’s about the vineyard workers, hired at different times of the day, yet all paid the same amount. Lloyd-Jones makes two basic points: first, the workers mentioned first bargain with God for a denarius. “If you … Continue reading
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In a box
My friend Christina gave me these tiny Russian dolls when she returned from Moscow several years ago. They aren’t nesting dolls; they don’t open up so you can fit one inside the other. But they always remind me of them. Today, they remind me of the way we talk about God. “Don’t put God in … Continue reading
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Bible musings
Every now and then I feel an unsought skepticism when I’m reading my Bible. Last week I read the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife in Genesis 39. I was struck by how very personal the scene is, and wonder: how did all these details get preserved? What attracted Potiphar’s wife; Joseph’s response; the climactic … Continue reading
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The Prodigal God (and golden eggs)
Timothy Keller’s Prodigal God is a short book in which Keller uses the parable of the prodigal son as a framework for discussing two different types of lost souls: the profligate (the younger brother of the parable) and the legalist (elder brother). The former rebels by breaking all the rules, the latter by keeping them. … Continue reading
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