Author Archives: Trinity Seasons

God’s will be done

Job 42:2 ‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.  

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Season of discontent is just a season

Job 40:7 ‘Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare to me. 8 Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified? Now, granted, this is … Continue reading

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Lest we forget our Lord, God

Psalm 50 11 I know all the birds of the air,* and all that moves in the field is mine. The first verses of Psalm 50 attest to the all-knowing, sovereign God.  The litany of what God knows, what God … Continue reading

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No pain, no gain

Acts 14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, then on to Iconium and Antioch. 22 There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in … Continue reading

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Makes me smile

That was my first reaction to the morning’s psalm.  Before I recognized that it is one of my least favorite psalms, the opening verse just made me smile. 1 My heart overflows with a goodly theme; It is one of … Continue reading

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Gripping too tightly? What are you holding on to?

Psalm 52:7  ‘See the one who would not take refuge in God,but trusted in abundant riches, and sought refuge in wealth!’* 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.I trust in the steadfast love … Continue reading

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Cowboy, cancer, blind man, sin and an attempt to connect dots that emerged from today’s Gospel

John 9:1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he … Continue reading

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Truth and Witness from a Bed of Clouds

Acts 12:6 The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. 7Suddenly an angel of the … Continue reading

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Truth? Freedom?

John 8:31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’ This is an often-quoted … Continue reading

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Church Pew, Bar Stool and the Broad Place

For whatever reason the Holy Spirit has moved my thoughts recently from the Word to music-lyric expressions of a biblical idea.  And many in the past few weeks have landed in the country music realm.  I listen to a lot of country … Continue reading

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