Joy in the Dark

Joy in the Dark

Habakkuk 3 (NLT) 17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,    and there are no grapes on the vines;even though the olive crop fails,    and the fields lie empty and barren;even though the flocks die in the fields,    and the cattle barns are empty,18 yet I will...
Imprecations & Deliverance

Imprecations & Deliverance

Psalm 137 (NRSV) 1 By the rivers of Babylon—    there we sat down and there we wept    when we remembered Zion.2 On the willows there    we hung up our harps.3 For there our captors    asked us for songs,and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,    “Sing us one of...
On Becoming

On Becoming

2 Corinthians 3 (NRSVue) 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one...
The Fruit of Confession

The Fruit of Confession

1 John 1 (NRSV) 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; 7 but if we...
What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

Genesis 19 (NLT) 1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children...