“Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal.” That’s a line from a David Crowder song I heard recently, and it’s been on my mind in the intervening days since. Loss and sorrow have intruded into the lives of all, but they seem especially concentrated in recent months. From loss of income to loss of…
Month: May 2020
Perspective
This week’s thoughts are brought to you courtesy once again of our nightly tradition of hymns at bedtime. This time, my attention was caught by the second verse of Annie S. Hawks’ “I Need Thee Every Hour”: I need Thee every hour, Stay Thou nearby; Temptations lose their pow’r When Thou art nigh. I need…
Recent Reads, Volume VII
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… The Secrets We Kept (Lara Prescott) – Historical fiction about the CIA’s efforts to smuggle…
Dangerous Prayer
New City Catechism, question #40: “What should we pray?” Answer: “The whole Word of God directs and inspires us in what we should pray, including the prayer Jesus Himself taught us.” Scripture abounds with exhortations to pray, and examples for us to follow. We see there a variety of types of prayer: prayers that lament…