“I decided to walk out to the edge of the sea and head north to look for seals, knowing that if I did that, and whether I saw seals or not, all kinds of other things would cross my path. I knew that, because they always do. “ – Jim Crumley, The Nature of Autumn,…
Tag: Psalm 69
On the Psalms
My companions have become darkness.1 Not the cheeriest of phrases by any means, and not likely the expectation for the closing of a conversation (which it is – a conversation with God), or the topic of a sermon preached on Mother’s Day. (Nor is that a hypothetical example; a pastor, who shall rename nameless and…
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…