God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city ofContinue reading “Advent Day 7: Psalm 46”
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Praying for Enemies
The psalms are filled with great messages of praise and worship, of love and adoration, fear and awe, woe and lament. They are also filled with pleas to dump burning coals on enemies’ heads, to throw enemies into miry pits. In as many words, the psalmist wants his enemies to burn in hell. I wouldn’tContinue reading “Praying for Enemies”
What Chamomile and Honey Can’t Do
I’m pretty sure I’ve had a cold/sinus infection since December 1. It has backed off a little here and there as some kind of bacterial mercy move, but for the last two weeks (or something like that), it’s been no nonsense, in your face (and nose, and eyes, and ears, and chest), Die Hard withContinue reading “What Chamomile and Honey Can’t Do”
The Ninth Psalm as Rendered by Laurance Wieder
I stumbled upon this tonight in a book called The Poets’ Book of Psalms, and I really liked it, so I thought I’d share it. That’s all 🙂 The Ninth Psalm If I could tell it all,I would say thank youfor the toppled statues,for the dusk of gods sungonly in dead languages,for wild grape vinesContinue reading “The Ninth Psalm as Rendered by Laurance Wieder”
Sarah Marie Wells 