News & the Good News
Occasional reflections, in text and audio, on current events in the light of the gospel.
The Psalm for The Week: May 17th
Psalm 66: 7-18 : For the week of May 17—23
Some things remain the same
"But we don’t go to the Temple to make burnt offerings!” This might be the kind of thought that comes to mind when we read this Psalm or others that depict an ancient...
The Psalm for The Week: May 10th
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 : For the week of May 10-16
Don’t spend all your time debating
It can be a real temptation to spend all our time debating about God or with God. A very close friend told me over many decades that he did not believe in...
The Psalm for The Week: May 3rd
Psalm 23: For the week of May 3—9
Can More Be Said?
What can be said by us about Psalm 23 that has not already been said, and said better, than we can hope to say? Not much. So our praise of Psalm 23 is to say simply of this Psalm: It...
The Psalm for The Week: April 26th
Psalm 116: For the week of April 26—May 2
Calling Upon God
Bottling things up is unwise. We know, in a very ordinary matters, that naming challenges has a way of making them manageable. When we tell someone that our house is filled with...
The Psalm for The Week: April 12th
Psalm 118: For the week of April 12—18
Marvelous in our eyes
The resurrection is the supreme event in history. So we sing every Easter from this Psalm “On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” In the passion and...
Rector's Thursday Bible Study on Zoom at Noon
Beginning Thursday, April 23 at noon, Mark Pruitt will host a Bible Study on Zoom.
Access the study by clicking on the link below and then using the password
https://zoom.us/j/91676039008?pwd=MSttQjlBZ3lld3lLbVVjUzBtS2NUZz09
Password...