Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3: 5-6, New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Trust and faith are related, cousins, not twins. Faith, leaning on Hebrews 11, is about assurance and conviction (NRSV: “Now faith is … More Trust and Faith: Maternal Cousins
“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents … Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act … parenting reveals the way that sacrifice at once diminishes our life as we knew it … while at the same time revealing to us larger and infinitely more fascinating forms of life … More Children Make the Parent
Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (NRSV) “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven …” Ecclesiastes 3: 7b (NRSV) “a time to keep silence, and a time to speak …” Sometime during a misspent moment in my youth, I was humming and singing along with a vinyl version of the Byrds … More A Season and a Time
1st Corinthians 12: Verses 4–7: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the … More Gifts of the Spirit
Be still, and know that I am God Psalm 46:10a, New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Psalm 46 is a Song of Zion. Zion is another name for the city of Jerusalem. The Songs of Zion celebrate Jerusalem primarily because of its special relation to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Zion was “the city of our God” (Psalms … More Pastor's Musings — from Psalm 46 — "Be still, and know that I am God"
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