The Problem We All (Still) Live With

The Problem We All (Still) Live With

When the naiveté of the 1950s gave way to the clamoring of change in the ’60s, even the stodgy traditionalist Norman Rockwell grew. For decades, Rockwell painted what we considered our greatest American values. But in the early 1960s, he began exploring our American...
Fifth Sunday in Lent | The Church is in Our Hands

Fifth Sunday in Lent | The Church is in Our Hands

Psalm 126 (NIV) A song of ascents When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord...
Fifth Sunday in Lent | The Church is in Our Hands

Fourth Sunday of Lent | A Song of Glad Deliverance

Psalm 32 “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…”  We all live under the shadow of our culpability, masked by our denial of the true state of things. We live in an illusion about what we’ve done. Maturity is the process by which we shed...
Fifth Sunday in Lent | The Church is in Our Hands

Lent Week 2 | “Heart Songs”

Psalm 27 “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Why do you pray? I’m not talking about prayers said in church, your Bible study class or any other setting where we pray as a...