May 8, 2026

For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand… (Psalm 92:4-6).

These verses make me wonder if we aren’t all a little senseless and maybe more than a little...

May 6, 2026

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build…” But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part...

May 4, 2026

For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete (Deuteronomy 16:15).

Let us spend another week reflecting on Israelite feasting. We considered the...

May 1, 2026

It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp (Psalm 92:1-3).

In the NIV Bible on my desk, this psalm is prefaced with, “A song for the Sabbath Day.”...

Apr 29, 2026

With praise and thanksgiving, they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former...