Getting Comfortable Hebrews 10:11–18 Muscle Memory “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Hebrews 10:16 Two decades ago, I bought a book and taught myself to knit. [...]
“…from deadly pestilence, be thy strong arm, our ever sure defense…” The last hymn we sang together was “God of the Ages.” Even though we knew things were going to change, we sang, joyfully resolute in the knowledge our futures rest securely in the perfect will of our Sovereign Lord. We felt [...]
Little did we know as we drove away from a worship service toward the end of March 2020 that the Covid pandemic would so completely disrupt our long-standing routine of attending First Presbyterian Church in person. The absence of our physical presence since then, however, is not a symptom of a disconnection. Thanks [...]
It was about 25 years ago that Jack and I started talking about getting a little RV in retirement and traveling around the country. When we would see small RVs on the road, we would point them out to each other and longingly say “there’s our density.” Not destiny (which would make sense), but [...]
Hope Makes a Way Psalm 146 Hoping for Justice Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. Psalm 146:3 The morning after any election, I read or sing Psalm 146. One of my seminary professors taught me this practice: he said [...]
