BLOG
Continue the Conversation from Sunday
The God Who Keeps You
Psalm 121 was written for God's people walking, sometimes 90 miles on foot, up to Jerusalem, singing to pass the time. It sits between a psalm of someone crying out in danger and a psalm of pure arrival, right in the middle of the journey, not resolved yet, not celebrating yet. If that's where you are today, this psalm was written for you too.
The Shepherd Who Brings Us Home
Chances are you've run into Psalm 23 in one of two places: the nursery, on a stuffed sheep that says "The Lord is my shepherd" in a cute little voice, or the funeral home, read to mark the end of a life. Beginning and end. That's where most of us have filed this psalm away.
When Your Soul Is Running on Empty
Most of us learned the same rule early: when someone asks how you're doing, you say "good," even when you're not. We tolerate anger, but real sadness and grief make us uncomfortable. So we hide it behind a smile, or we let it take over and stay stuck there. Neither one actually helps.
When Fear Feels Bigger Than Your Faith
When you were a kid, what scared you? Thunderstorms, maybe. The dark. Those thousand-legged bugs that show up in the basement out of nowhere. Simple fears, the kind you grow out of.
