Where is God?

April 5, 2020
As the Palm procession moves to the Passion of Christ, it would be easy for us to assume that God is inactive, gone, or uninterested in what is happening to…
We celebrate today with the testimonies of several high school students, music and a prayer.  Join together in worship of our Lord even as we are apart from one another.
"Where does help come from?" seems to be the guiding question that sets the psalm in motion.  The Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth, is presented as Helper.  The…

The Old and New Adam

March 1, 2020
Let's open Lent with Paul's reflections on the refashioning of humanity from the "Old Adam" under the "fall" to the "New Adam" in Christ.  Lent is that forty-day period when…

The Mountain

February 23, 2020
The transfiguration is more than just a way to convince the disciples of Jesus' Deity.  The transfiguration gives the disciples the eyes to see the light in the Chaos that…

True Happiness

February 16, 2020
This is a psalm addressed to God and to the "nations."  Where do we come in?  What are we able to hear that is addressed to us?  And what's to…
The psalm speaks of the "Fear of the Lord," (rendered "honor" by some translations).  "Fear" does not mean "to be afraid" but rather a posture toward God similar to the…