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Lamentations: A Terrible Goodness

March 24, 2026

Lamentations: A Terrible Goodness

It is these times when we experience the terrible goodness of God that we are shaped for what is next. We are being prepared.

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March 24, 2026

Lamentations: A Terrible Goodness

It is these times when we experience the terrible goodness of God that we are shaped for what is next. We are being prepared.

March 10, 2026

Jeremiah: The Long Walk

The people took it as a reprieve or a pardon but, in fact, it was a 40 year walk from the courtroom to the gallows.

February 24, 2026

Isaiah: Bread of Adversity

It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God—but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people.”

February 11, 2026

Song of Solomon: The Little Foxes

There are always little foxes at work on the roots of trust.

January 27, 2026

Ecclesiastes: Questioned by Life

Ecclesiastes is the book we should have been assigned when young - but we would not have had the life experience to understand it.

January 13, 2026

Proverbs: Prep School

We totally misread Proverbs if we think of it only as tips for personal improvement or a better life. Proverbs is first and foremost about learning to rule.

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