Are God’s Ways Yours?

Are God’s Ways Yours?

ISAIAH 55:8-9 IS ONE OF THE most oft-quoted texts in scripture. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your...
Are God’s Ways Yours?

Fun & Profitable Summer Reading

I TYPICALLY READ ABOUT FIFTY BOOKS A YEAR. Most I read completely, but some I skim, reading only selected chapters. That’s what I did with Our Kids by Robert Putnam, professor of sociology at Harvard, which I just returned to my electronic bookshelf. But, this...
Are God’s Ways Yours?

The Comfort of Psalm 46

IT SEEMS LIKE THE GROUND IS SHAKING under our feet. If you are like me, you have been tempted to anxiety. My answer has been memorizing Psalm 46. It has been particularly helpful. The crucial line, that everyone knows, is verse 9, “Be still and know that I am God. I...