“He who wants to keep his garden tidy does not reserve a plot for weeds.” – Dag Hammarskjold (as quoted by Stephen Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People). I read that quote at some point in the last couple days, and it came to mind again as I was pulling weeds from…
Tag: Romans
White as Snow
I’m not much of a fan of snow, ice, cold, or really any part of winter in northeast Ohio. I don’t like driving in snow (an increased commute to work has increased that distaste), I don’t like being cold, I don’t like heating bills, and I don’t like freezing air that hurts my face every…
Miriam
One of the individuals from the Bible to which I’ve mentally returned repeatedly over the course of the last several months is Miriam. Compared with her brothers – Moses the renowned prophet and servant of the Lord who led the Israelites out of Egypt, and Aaron the original high priest who served as Moses’ spokesman…
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…
God is for Us
Romans 8 has been on my mind often over the last few months. There’s just so much good stuff in there – no condemnation, adoption, Christ as our elder brother, the Spirit interceding for us, the promise of God redeeming even the horrific parts of our experiences, assurance of the steadfastness of the love of…
He Who Promised
Recently we had the pleasure of traveling to an astronomy park for a summer meteor shower. The weather forecast was rather unpromising, but as we had already made the reservations and taken the time off work, we went for it anyway. It was a rather cloudy night, with rain both earlier in the day and…