by Wendy Widder | Jun 14, 2022 | Dad, Wayside Stops (Reflections)
June has started on the cool side this year, delaying the official start to summer for me: the first day of strawberry season. As soon as I hear that the strawberry field is open, I’ll be there. By midday, two flats of bright red berries will have taken over our...
by Wendy Widder | Jun 7, 2022 | Psalm 120, Psalms of Ascent
The first post for each song of ascent consists of my translation (typically) and a song that helps me remember the words of the Psalm. Psalm 120 To Yahweh[1] in my distress I called and He answered me. Yahweh! Deliver me from a lip of...
by Wendy Widder | May 31, 2022 | How to read the Bible, Psalms of Ascent
My dad, in a longstanding tradition of fatherhood, sang silly songs. Waiting for the last dinner dish to arrive at the table, he’d sing, “Here we sit like birds in the wilderness…waiting for our food.” On Tuesdays, which was my sister Suzy’s day (Suz-day) in our...
by Wendy Widder | May 24, 2022 | Wayside Stops (Reflections)
One summer I lived about fifteen miles and 500,000 orange barrels north of where the rest of my life took place. When I wanted to drive from home to church, I had to be either really creative or really patient – and sometimes both. When I wanted to drive from home to...
by Wendy Widder | May 17, 2022 | Psalms of Ascent
Singing and travel go together. Whether we are merrily rowing along, going home on country roads, or leaving on a jet plane, something about going places brings the melodies out of us. Maybe it’s the lure of the adventure or the destination; maybe it’s the delight of...
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