John 18:12–27; Psalm 51:1–12 Lent 3: “From Failure to Restoration” We know the courtyard. Not the one outside the high priest’s house, but the one in our own hearts—the place where fear whispers louder than faith, where we warm our hands at the nearest fire and hope no one asks who we really are. Peter’s …
Category: Psalm
Feb 12
In Tears Seeing the Glory of God
The Great Reversal of Lent 1 John 11:1–44 • Psalm 126:5–6Why is it that we can only see the glory of God in tears? Lent begins with this unsettling truth: the places we most want to avoid are often the very places where God’s glory breaks open. John 11 makes this painfully clear. Mary and …
Jan 26
When Healing Interrupts Our Expectations
John 5:1–18; Psalm 103:1–5 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,Psalm 103:2 We often imagine healing as something gentle, orderly, and predictable. We pray, we wait, and we hope that God will work in ways that make sense to us. Psalm 103 invites us to bless the …
Jun 28
God: The Great Inverter, Reverser, Equalizer
Psalm 30“You have turned my mourning into dancing;” I marvel at how many times in the Scriptures God is up-ending the human order of things. From Esau and Jacob, the elder will serve the younger; to Jesus in the Beatitudes, the meek will inherit the earth. Paul sums it up in I Corinthians 1: 25 …
