by Mike Woodruff | May 14, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven. Psalm 32:1 Guilt is tricky. Some feel it when they shouldn’t. Others do not feel it when they should. As Jeremiah says, “The heart is deceitful above all things.” In light of this, we must...
by Mike Woodruff | May 7, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Jesus, Matthew 5 The call to meekness has never sat well with me. The word sounds too much like weak and it has a certain Caspar Milquetoastish about it that I’d like to not be associated with....
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 30, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday: Depart from me you evildoers. I never knew you. Jesus, Matthew 7 I find the words Jesus directed to those who called him “Lord, Lord” – which suggests they considered themselves His followers and friends – to be among the most terrifying in...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 23, 2021 | The Friday Update
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. Psalm 119:147 As I have noted before, many monastic orders follow Benedict’s decision to interpret this...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 16, 2021 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Remember your word to your servant, in which you made me hope. Psalm 119:49 God’s word brings hope, which we need. Always. Some suggest clear thinking leads to despair, “especially now.” No. Not in Christ! Evil loses. We do not need a false optimism,...
