on conversation with God.

Our sense of how conversation should happen is that we say something and immediately the other person says something. When we are face-to-face it happens in seconds. Though often, we don’t hear words in seconds.  We walk a long distance without words with a friend, knowing that silence is part of the conversation as well. […]

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Psalm 19, again and again

I’m reading Psalm 19 every Monday this year. It’s an interesting discipline, to study the same text fresh every week. Here’s what I saw last week. +++ A five-part process of clarifying my perspective. 1. Reflect on God’s work in and of creation. (19:1-6) I suppose that we can think of the heavens as messages […]

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A song for Monday: Psalm 121

I’ve never talked with you about Psalm 121. It’s a song that strengthens me. When my heart sings it, I am encouraged. It has been shaping me for a several decades but I’ve never talked with you about it. “The sun will not smite me by day, nor the moon by night.” That’s not exactly how […]

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Every Monday

It happens every Monday morning. Every Monday is a restart of our pilgrimage. Every Monday we say, “I want this week to be different. I want to be more committed, more caring, more thoughtful, more loving, more focused, more significant, more successful.” And then we open our eyes. And shuffle to the mirror. And the words […]

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