Read Psalm 70-71 At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, both the men and woman's 4 x 100 relay teams had all the talent in the world, but instead of winning gold, they came home with nothing because they had been disqualified. Why? Because each relay team dropped the baton during the race. It did not matter how […]
Read Psalm 69 I have done some whitewater rafting in West Virginia on the New River and the Gauley River. It is not for the faint of heart. I've been on some of the most intense rapids in the world- class IV and V's. While I love the thrill of going through the rapids, I'm not a fan […]
Read Psalm 68 In C.S. Lewis’ allegorical book, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (from the Chronicles of Narnia series), two girls, Susan and Lucy, get ready to meet Aslan the lion, who represents Christ. Two talking animals, Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, prepare the children for the encounter. “Ooh,” said Susan, “I thought he was a […]
Read Psalm 66-67 I had a friend that was pretty quiet. He was a great athlete so he let his playing do the talking. He was fiercely competitive but off the playing field he was laid back. We decided to get an apartment together after college. One night I awoke to shouting and a loud […]
Day 34: Read Psalm 64-65 Like many other families, we have visited the Niagara Falls on a few occasions. The three Falls are amazing sights to see. The vertical height is over 176 feet in some sections. During periods of peak flow in the summer and fall, more than 700,000 gallons of water per second […]
Read Psalm 62-63 William Wilberforce was a member of the British Parliament in the late 1700's. He became a follower of Christ under the ministry of John Wesley. Wilberforce used his position in politics to tackle the injustices of slavery. But after experiencing another defeat ten years into his fight against slavery, he became deeply discouraged. […]
Read Psalm 60-61 When my wife and I started out in ministry, I was a youth pastor who was also in seminary. We lived in a trailer park along with other seminarians. If I lived in the Midwest, where tornados are more common, I would have thought twice about living in a trailer. But they were […]
Read Psalm 58-59 Perhaps you have seen the famous optical illusion "My Wife and My Mother-in-Law". It's a drawing that depicts both an old woman who is looking to her left and yet it's also a young woman looking away, over her right shoulder. Same picture but two different pictures that people see. For the record, […]
Read Psalm 56-57 A woman in New Hampshire, along with her dog, got stuck in a sewer system when they fell into a manhole. The woman found a pipe in the system and screamed at the top of her lungs until finally a couple people heard her and came to the rescue. When the news station came […]
Read Psalm 54-55 When famous missionary Hutson Taylor was sailing to China to begin his missionary work, his ship was in great danger. The wind had died, and the current was carrying them toward sunken reefs which were close to islands inhabited by cannibals—so close they could see them building fires on the shore. Everything […]
