For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away  through my groaning all day long.  For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;  my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.  Selah  Psalm 32:3–4 There are a lot of Selahs in Psalm 32. At least compared to what is normal in the Psalms. Usually, we say that this word Selah means, ‘take a pause.’ So that would mean in Psalm 32, we’re supposed to take a lot of pauses as though we meditate on the words of the psalm. What is i

Maundy Thursday Procession to unlock the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place?  Psalm 24:3 Psalm 24 makes me ask more questions than I can answer. What are the ancient doors in verse 7 and 9? In English it’s not as shocking, but in Hebrew the word is usually, ‘eternal’ or ‘from the bowels of the beginning’ (my translation :) ). Is it just a dusty old door? Or is it an imagined door that is there when we see

Shepherd and sheep under an oak So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you… 1 Peter 5:1–2 On Sunday we talked a little bit about all the stuff swirling in the world around. It’s been a sad news cycle. Also, it may have felt like no one wise has been speaking about any of these issues. There aren’t a lot of devotions

“you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. 24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”  Romans 2:21–24 This world is all about telling others what to do. If I put words on social media, people