I never read Psalm 16 without thinking of my grandmother. 15-20 years ago, she was sitting in my parents’ kitchen and that psalm came up in the conversation. As she was speaking of “at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore” – from verse 11 – she also gestured with her right hand, and came up…
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The Heritage of Those Who Fear Your Name
There are certain passages of Scripture that never fail to bring to mind particular individuals. Psalm 94:19 always reminds me of an older woman who shared with me how precious that verse became to her after the tragic death of her granddaughter. When I read Psalm 40, I think of a teenager at church, who…
Messiah, Part 2
This Advent season, I’m running a series of the text (libretto) to Messiah by George Frederic Handel. You’ll find below the biblical text (King James Version, of course) used in Part 2, whose theme is “The accomplishment of redemption by the sacrifice of Christ, mankind’s rejection of God’s offer, and mankind’s utter defeat when trying…