What is pressing in upon you right now? What is stressing you out? Read Psalm 27 This psalm begins: The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? This passage is why I want to pray the psalms…
Continue reading ➞ The Lord is our Strength – Psalm 27 (Weekly Word)
I recently began sending the students in CSF a brief reflection on a Psalm each Friday. My hope is that it will provide them with some motivation to read scripture. I have enjoyed meditating on the Psalms, and I look forward to taking the next few years to get through them all! I decided it…
I love the book of Job. It is forty-two chapters of brilliant dialogue around the problem of evil and suffering that never really provides any solid answers. People argue and debate, lose their temper and scream at each other. Its great! I did not always like it. I remember hearing people say, in regards to…
Continue reading ➞ Weekly Word – Job’s Suffering, Dialogue and General Awesomeness
I remember being at a church event once and the speaker was talking on the story of David and Bathsheba from 2 Samuel 11. The story begins by noting that it was spring, the time when kings go off to war. But David stayed home. This, the speaker said, was his first mistake. It began…
Continue reading ➞ The Story of Uriah, Bathsheba and David (Weekly Word)
I am writing a series of posts as devotionals for my college students this summer. Many of these have been inspired by Pascal's Pensees, but I am also reading portions of the early church fathers. This post is inspired by Clement of Rome. There is debate in scholarly circles, but in general all the books…
Continue reading ➞ Unity and Diversity (Listening to the Saints)
David Hershey 