The Spirituality of Illness – You Lengthen My Stride
The Psalm for today: It is God who girds me about with strength* and makes my way secure. He makes…
Category: Psalms
Pastoral Reflections in the Psalms
The tendency in reading the Psalms is to hunt down devotional thoughts. The impact of this approach on our reading…
Psalm 29 and the Storm of War IV
It is impossible to read this Psalm in the light of our daily news without being deeply moved. I know…
Psalm 29 and the Storm of War III
Certain Psalms are traditionally associated with particular feasts in the Jewish calendar. Psalm 29 is one of five, I think,…
Psalm 29 and the Storm of War II
Psalm 29 uses imagery associated with Baal worship that would be familiar to those who lived in Canaan before the…
Psalm 29 and the Storm of War I
I preached Sunday evening at the Mission and used Psalm 29 as my text. Earlier in the day we were…
Today
“Today if you hear his voice do not harden your heart” Psalm 95:7,8 A familiar verse on the walls of…
Waterfalls & Faith
Spent the weekend down in the Mourne Mountains with 33 young people from our church. It was the usual fare…