by Valerie Baggett | Sep 19, 2026 | Blog
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:6-7 There is much we can learn from this passage from Abraham’s approach to God in prayer, or...
by Dan Linden | Sep 6, 2026 | Blog
“Wait!” is not a word most of us enjoy hearing. Particularly in the 21st Century, we have gotten used to “immediately”. We are very immature as a species and that appears to have been the norm for millennia. Like toddlers, we want what we want and we want it now....
by Stephanie Nakamura | Sep 1, 2026 | Blog
Here is an excerpt from Wendell Berry’s poem “A Vision”: a long time after we are dead the lives our lives prepare will live here, their houses strongly placed upon the valley sides, fields and gardens rich in the windows. The labor of well-informed preparation...
by Stephanie Nakamura | Jul 19, 2026 | Blog
For a long time I’ve liked the music and imagery of verse two of Psalm 133 in the ESV translation: It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! I was so in love with that precious...
by Valerie Baggett | Jul 13, 2026 | Blog
I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like a weaned child. (Psalm 131:2) This is one of my favorite word pictures in the Bible. A nursing child will sit on his mother’s lap and literally pull off his mom’s clothing trying to...
by Dan Linden | Jul 5, 2026 | Blog
This is a particularly rich Psalm. Not “rich” like expensive, but more like highly nutritious spiritual food. Reformer Martin Luther counted Psalm 130 as one of his four favorite Psalms. “They teach us that forgiveness of sins is granted without the law and without...
