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 …
Tag: Psalm
Jun 26
Green Pastures and Dark Valleys
Psalm 23 Yes, this is the best-known passage of Scripture. When I conduct a funeral for a family not familiar with the Bible, they always ask for “The Lord is my shepherd.” Those of us who are so familiar with this Psalm we can recite it from the King James Version, sometimes need to look …
Jun 17
The Prayer of Struggling Faith
Psalm 13 Some Christians in their hyper-piety are scandalized at the thought of questioning God. But the God of the Bible invites us into conversations where we do ask questions, and we are not upbraided because of them. This is one of those places. The questions are very blunt, the emotions are very raw, and …
Apr 15
The Story That Sounds Like a Dream
Luke 24:1-12 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. (24:11) One of my favorite scholars made an interesting observation about the Resurrection Accounts in the Gospels. “They are told in whispers,” he observed. He meant that these stories are told as if the witnesses thought they could …
