I’ve written before about Psalm 23. Last month, I referred to it on a Lead a Quiet Life Blog Post as A Poem for the Pilgrimage. I preached on the imagery recently. On my personal website, I discussed ...
As my youngest sat beside me with an open book I struggled to keep my own eyes open. He slowly sounded out each word of the easy reader. My yawn came out slowly and I tried to hide it. He kept reading ...
Psalm 119:65-96【Psalm 76】"You, even You, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?"Psalm ...
The Book of Psalms is one of the most beloved books of the Bible and for good reason! The Psalms offer comfort in times of despair, strength in trials, and celebration in times of triumph. Jesus ...
This week at Ridley College, I had the pleasure of preaching three sermons on the Psalms for Holy Week. Everyone who has taken a class with me has drummed into them the three OT texts that are most ...
I love reading. And being a parent has further convinced me of the value of reading. My favorite time of the day is reading ...
In the fourth century, St. Athanasius wrote a letter to a certain Marcellinus, who was likely a deacon in the church in Alexandria. During a long illness, Marcellinus had turned to the study of the ...
It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi Angel’s ...
Editor’s Note: This is Week 28 of a yearlong series: A Catholic Reads the Bible. Read Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3. Laura Bernardini is director of coverage in CNN’s Washington Bureau. The views ...
We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises. Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in ...