by Wendy Widder | Jul 5, 2022 | Psalm 120, Psalms of Ascent
If anyone ever told you that following Jesus would make you healthy or wealthy, they were lying. Just because we read our Bibles, go to church, and love our neighbor doesn’t mean we get a free pass on trouble in life. In fact, as followers of Jesus, we sometimes get...
by Wendy Widder | Jun 28, 2022 | Psalm 120, Psalms of Ascent
When I moved across the country in 2012, I took several road-trip essentials with me, beginning with my sister Suzy, easily the world’s best moving buddy. I also took an array of maps, a bag of groceries, a stocked cooler, and my emergency cell phone—the one pictured...
by Wendy Widder | Jun 21, 2022 | Psalm 120, Psalms of Ascent
The second post for each song of ascent features a video devotional from the Music Ministry of First United Methodist Church in Stephenville, Texas. These videos were a weekly devotional series during the 13 months that the church’s music ministry was apart during the...
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 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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