Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the ocean depths. You care for people and animals alike, O Lord. How precious is… Continue Reading…

God is our refuge and strength,    an ever-present help in trouble.Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,though its waters roar and foam    and the mountains quake with their surging. – Psalm 46.1-3

Slightly more than 50 years ago, my friend John Lucas and I started singing together at the home of a mutual friend. It was an impromptu sing-along but it began a friendship that resulted in us starting “The Vessels”, a… Continue Reading…

Taste and see that the Lord is good;    blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.Fear the Lord, you his holy people,    for those who fear him lack nothing.The lions may grow weak and hungry,    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. – Psalm 34.8-10

Praise be to the Lord,    for he has heard my cry for mercy.The Lord is my strength and my shield;    my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.My heart leaps for joy,    and with my song I praise him. The Lord is the strength of his people,    a fortress of salvation for… Continue Reading…

As I read through Psalms 16-20 today as part of my intent to read 5 Psalms a day during my medical journey I was frustrated, in a sense, by the fact that as I progressed through each of the Psalms… Continue Reading…

Because of the violence done to the oppressed,because of the painful cries of the needy,I will spring into action,” says the Lord.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”The Lord’s words are absolutely reliable.They are as untainted as silver purified in a… Continue Reading…