Nov 6, 2023 | Sights and Insights
Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well! – Psalm 90:12 (The Message) I needed to go to the bank last week to cash a check. This is not something that happens too often anymore. Most of the time, when I get a check I use an...
Oct 30, 2023 | Sights and Insights
My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you,making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,if you indeed cry out for insight and raise...
Oct 23, 2023 | Sights and Insights
O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. – Psalm 63:1 (NRSVUE) I went to two concerts this past week. I saw the same band both times, but in different locations. One of my...
Oct 16, 2023 | Sights and Insights
They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations;they shall repair the ruined...
Oct 9, 2023 | Sights and Insights
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus. – Acts 4:13 (NRSVUE) Every few months I treat myself to stopping by a coffee shop to do some writing...
Oct 2, 2023 | Sights and Insights
They beached the boat at Gennesaret and tied up at the landing. As soon as they got out of the boat, word got around fast. People ran this way and that, bringing their sick on stretchers to where they heard he was. Wherever he went, village or town or country...