Commentary on Psalm 30
Psalm 30 frames the struggles of the life of faith within a glorious edifice: the Jerusalem Temple, [...]
Psalm 30 frames the struggles of the life of faith within a glorious edifice: the Jerusalem Temple, [...]
As always, preaching for a festival of the church brings competing goods: Do we preach the text [...]
Praise songs for Christmas! God forbid? In the so-called “worship wars,” traditionalists have been heard to grumble [...]
On Christmas Day, when families in pajamas unwrap gifts under their trees, monks in monasteries all around [...]
Psalm 116 is a thanksgiving psalm. These hymns were sung [...]
Psalm 51 lays bare the depths of the human condition and the equally profound need [...]
“Are We Alone?” asks the December 2009 issue of National Geographic, against the backdrop of a sky [...]
On the last Sunday in Advent, we end where we began: with lament. Psalm 80 [...]
Many of us have a greater appreciation for water lately. The drought of 2012 left [...]
The Song of Zechariah heralds the dawning of the light of Jesus on all who [...]