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God’s Multifaceted Word: reflecting on Psalm 119
In my personal daily times of Scripture reading and prayer, I have recently been meditating on Psalm 119. Psalm 119 is by far the longest of the psalms with a total of 176 verses. This psalm is an extended reflection on the delight and power of God's word, structured as an acrostic poem with one …
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What are 5 things you’re thankful for this year?
We all have reasons to be thankful. Throughout Scripture, we are encouraged to remember and rehearse together the reasons we have to give thanks to God. The Psalms reverberate with this charge: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 106:1) The Apostle Paul encourages believers in local churches …
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Opening the Book on Prayer: Learning to Pray with the Psalms
This past Monday night for our quarterly Leadership Community gathering at Eastbrook Church, I led us in an interactive seminar on learning to pray with the psalms. A few people asked if I could upload the slide deck from the night, so I'm including that as a PDF here. opening-the-book-on-prayer-4-25-2022-Download I led us in three …
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Scott Cairns, “Idiot Psalms” [Poetry for Ordinary Time]
I've enjoyed posting poetry series themed around the Christian year in the past couple of years (see "Poetry for Lent" and "Poetry for Easter"). I will continue that with a series called "Poetry for Ordinary Time." Ordinary time includes two sections of the church year between Christmastide and Lent and Easter and Advent. The word …
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Matthew Erickson 