by Stephanie Nakamura | Jun 22, 2026 | Blog
Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured (Psalm 132:1) Time is going to pass and our energy is going to run out whether or not we live missionally. Getting distracted and chasing fantasies will not put any more food on the table (Proverbs...
by Valerie Baggett | Jun 19, 2026 | Blog
How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! (Psalm 128:1) Arthur Brooks is a Harvard professor and author who does research on happiness. He identifies four essential habits of the world’s happiest people. The psalmist also mentions a number of...
by Dan Linden | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog
Because of the space limitations of Bible on the Block, I’m only going to focus on verse 1 of this Psalm. But, to truly start at the beginning, please note that the author of this Psalm is King Solomon, the son and heir to the throne of David. Solomon was a man of...
by Stephanie Nakamura | May 24, 2026 | Blog
Wendell Berry begins his poem, “The Peace of Wild Things,” “When despair for the world grows in me.” It’s not if, but when the narrator of the poem feels the grip of such thoughts, he says: “I go and lie down where the wood drake / rests in his beauty on the water,...
by Dan Linden | Apr 19, 2026 | Blog
In this section of Scripture the Roman Procurator, Pontius Pilate, is trying to determine how to dispose of the “problem” of Jesus. He is thinking about his job of keeping peace in the province of Palestine, of keeping the local authorities of the Sanhedrin...
by Stephanie Nakamura | Apr 5, 2026 | Blog
Jesus’ embodied presence was the medium of his ministry – he willfully operated within the confines of human experience and connected with people in this way. Often, he offended the deeply held beliefs of many through matter and physicality: eating and drinking...
