How are you?

by | Jan 12, 2023 | The Friday Update

Happy Friday,   “Woe is me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”   The prophet Isaiah   If we think of the Hebrew prophets as those who...

Thanks to ’22

by | Jan 7, 2023 | The Friday Update

Happy Friday, Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge. Psalm 119:54   When it comes to daily Bible reading, our goal should be less about information or inspiration than it is about transformation. We do not need quick pick-me-ups nearly as much as...

Mary’s Example

by | Dec 15, 2022 | The Friday Update

Happy Friday, Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul Psalm 103 The call to “Bless the Lord” in Psalm 103 has inspired a lot of music. I’m glad, because we need its message, at least I know I do. In a moment when culture enshrines feelings over truth – or declares feelings as the...

Duh…

by | Dec 8, 2022 | The Friday Update

Happy Friday, Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Jesus, John 14 When the disciples asked Jesus to show them the Father, he essentially said, “Are you kidding me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” As we move through Advent, let’s not...

We Need

by | Dec 1, 2022 | The Friday Update

Happy Friday, Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Jesus, Matthew 6:10 Do not allow this phrase to become shopworn. Its audacity and revolutionary thrust should shock and embolden us every time we pray it. It should bring hope. This is a...