The Lord is good to those who wait for him. – Lamentations 3:25 (NRSV) DONNA SCHAPER | Is the Lord also good to those who don’t wait? Or only to those who wait? What kind of waiting is holy and what kind is unholy? You have heard the phrase, “kicking the can down the...
Let us run with perseverance the race set before us, looking to Jesus . . . who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Consider him . . . so that you don’t grow weary or lose heart. – Hebrews 12:1-3 (NRSV) MARY LUTI...
Teach me to be love, as You are Love; Lead me through each fear; Hold my hand as I walk through the valleys of doubt each day, That I may know your peace. I believe that I shall know the Realm of Heaven, of Love, here on Earth! – Psalm 27:11-13 (as rendered by Nan C....
Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded. My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled. – Psalm 17:4-5 (NIV) KENNETH L. SAMUEL | This sage advice, lifted from Shakespeare’s...
Then the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil.” – Genesis 3:22b (NRSV) LILLIAN DANIEL | In the initial story of happiness, choices, and paradise lost, Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. They didn’t have to work or worry...
