Road-Trip Essentials, Part 2

Road-Trip Essentials, Part 2

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...
Road-Trip Essentials, Part 1

Road-Trip Essentials, Part 1

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...
Psalm 120–Roadside Reflection

Psalm 120–Roadside Reflection

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...
Psalm 120—First Steps

Psalm 120—First Steps

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...
Psalms As Songs

Psalms As Songs

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...

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