It's crazy to me that we're finishing up our dwelling on Psalm 107. In case you missed one of the last few Fridays, we looked at different ways to read this particular passage. Here they are again: A redemptive reading A systematic reading A contemplative reading An experiential reading And now for the final approach:... Continue Reading →

A post-Thanksgiving psalm: Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from humdrum lives and gathered in from faraway towns. Some traveled on the highways, lost and ready for pumpkin pie; hungry and thirsty, their... Continue Reading →

Congratulations! You've successfully entered the season for making long treks. The US Department of Transportation states that "travel to a destination 50 miles or more away increases by 54% over Thanksgiving weekend." Obviously, there are faster and slower ways of getting where we want to go. We're kind of obsessed with fast, and, unfortunately, that... Continue Reading →

Last week we looked at Psalm 107—our focus for the month—through a redemptive lens (where is Jesus in this passage?). This week we'll use a systematic approach. It asks, "What biblical themes thread throughout this text?" (Another way to systematically read is to look at this particular psalm in the context of the entire book... Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays—commercialism hasn't really warped it into something it's not, and it's unique among the nations. For Christians especially, November ushers in a returning to contentment, gratitude for abundance (or even just enough), and remembering the God who never fails us. But the idea of expressing thanks isn't new by... Continue Reading →