THE LIE THAT THREATENS TO UNDO US
The lie that Luther battled during the Reformation was "you have to earn God's love." The lie that we battle during suffering, and that "this world with devils filled" whispers ...
THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE SEA
Psalm 46 not only inspired Be Still My Soul, but, amazingly, Martin Luther's A Mighty Fortress is Our God, a song all about spiritual warfare. Martin Luther would often say ...
LETTING GO OF THE LIES
They say the 2nd year for the widow is the hardest because the denial is gone. I wouldn't be surprised if that was true with other catastrophic losses. I didn't ...
All Your Waves and Breakers Have Washed Over Me
This video may make you feel a bit seasick, but there's nothing like a visual to tap into the right brain. How I want you to see what the Lord ...
WHEN YOU CAN’T SENSE THE PRESENCE OF GOD
It's Ash Wednesday -- a perfect time to begin in earnest to seek God, especially in the desert times. We're going to look at a psalm that I know can ...
I was a hymn snob.
My original plan for The God of All Comfort was to base it solely on hymns. A good friend of mine heard me pontificating on why. "The best music is ...
Teach Me Some Melodious Sonnet
The first phrase in "Come Thou Fount" shows us three reasons that there is such tremendous power in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. "Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by ...
SONGS IN THE NIGHT
It's February 1st. I always see the 1st of each month as a fresh start! This month we will have Valentine's Day -- and for those of you who have ...
Rejoicing Comes in the Morning
We're continuing with question 6 from the last post, which is to pray through Psalm 30, but I'd like to give you some guidelines. There really is power in praying ...
It is winter now, but spring will come
Please read the following, and then answer the questions at the bottom over the next four days. Thursday, December 16 Two months after Steve’s death Annie feels like her ...
LIKE A WEANED CHILD WITH ITS MOTHER
If you didn't have a chance to listen to Midday on Jan 14th, please click on my homepage and go to past programs because I begin the program with this ...
LEARNING HOW TO PRAY A PSALM OF LAMENT
We're going to learn together how to pray a psalm of lament. In the next few days we'll learn the basics, and then go deeper. We'll start with the first ...
When bad things happen to good people
Do you remember Rabbi Kushner's bestselling "When Bad Things Happen To Good People?" His thesis was that we must forgive God for losing control. How different from the dialogue at ...
WHEN SORROWS LIKE SEA BILLOWS ROLL
This is a drawing of an historic tragedy at sea. On board the Villa de Havre, which sunk after being struck by an iron ship, was Horatio Spafford's wife and ...
The Psalms reflect that “life is bipolar.”
Yesterday I had such a sweet time with my son and his wife and children -- deep soul-satisfying conversations after a wonderful church service. Then I came home to an ...