Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house…. (Job 29:4). The readers of the Pew know that one of my favorite phrases in the Bible is when God searches for Adam to take a walk in the evening breeze. Eden whether you believe it existed or not…
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Bright Sun
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. — Proverbs 4:18-19 I took a walk this morning, and after a week of rain I…
Simple Promise
Danny writes: “A promise is a sacred thing; Be not in haste to make it. But once a promise you have made; Be sure you do not break it.” How sacred is a promise? In both Matthew and in the book of James we are cautioned to simply let our “yes” be a “yes” and…
Simple Prayer
One thing that is appealing about the far Eastern religions is there simplicity. When one prays: “May I be granted peace; may you be granted peace, may we be granted peace, and may the world be at peace.” We first pray for ourselves, then we pray for another, next we pray for us both, and…
Favorite Verses
I’d bet you have a favorite movie that no matter how many times you’ve seen it you’d watch it again. Probably the same goes for a song, a scene in a play or sporting event. I used to carry in my wallet a prayer called St. Merton’s prayer that I would pull out on occasion.…