Tag Archives: Psalms

The Shining Wire

For a snare to work, an animal’s gut instinct must drive it to kill itself. Struggling against the snare is precisely what strangles it. Snares are ugly things. Anyone who has seen an animal in a snare doesn’t want to talk about it.  The Psalmist recognized a snare’s connection to sin, as did the Prophets.Continue reading “The Shining Wire”

Loving Leviticus

Leviticus gets the short end of the stick. Pastors rarely exhort congregants to start their Bible reading in Leviticus. Adjectives for the book abound: boring, dense, antiquated, dull.  To most, it is a list of rules for an ancient people who weren’t able to keep them. But David found treasure in the book of Leviticus.Continue reading “Loving Leviticus”

The Well-Worn Path

Listen HERE As my husband and I walked recently, I looked down in the grass and wondered what could have made the two-track trail there. It didn’t seem wide enough to have been the wheels of our golf cart, and just as I started suspecting someone of trespassing on a four-wheeler, it occurred to meContinue reading “The Well-Worn Path”

Belonging

Listen HERE A friend of mine recently shared about attending a large cultural event in our community. She’d been many times before. She knew most of the people participating. But this year, it was different. As soon as she arrived, she thought, “I don’t belong here.” As a Christian, my friend recognized that a largeContinue reading “Belonging”

What’s a Buckler?

Listen HERE “And under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and buckler.” I’ve read it many times. I’ve quoted it many times. However, this week, I read it, looked up, and wondered, “What is a buckler?” Do you know? After googling it, I went around asking my kids. My teenageContinue reading “What’s a Buckler?”

The River Road

If we hurried in the morning, we would have a few extra minutes to take the river road to school.  Of the two routes, it was preferable. U.S. 1, flanked by used car dealerships and run down gas stations, was cluttered with cars and offered no enticing scenery. However, Indian River Drive wove alongside theContinue reading “The River Road”