Collecting My Thoughts

St. Ephrem often speaks of God as "clothing himself in names (or metaphors)" in the Old Testament, as a prelude to his 'clothi...

This morning in my devotions I was reading the Prayer of Azariah in the book of Daniel.  It is so lovely.  What a shame that Protestants don...

Today I was reading from 1 Samuel 1 and decided to look up various translations.  The internet allows some surprises, and I found Reynolds’ ...

This morning I've been reading the story of Tobit, Anna, Tobiah and Sarah. Such an interesting cast of characters including a demon name...

I know that the apostles and church fathers spent a lot of time searching the scriptures (what we Christians call the Old Testament) trying ...

Protestants gave up so much when the book of Wisdom was removed from the Old Testament. Wisdom 2:23-3:9 Today's reading. God formed ...

The fastest growing church in Columbus is Rock City, formed in 2011. I was baptized in Church of the Brethren, a "New Testament chu...

  Today's Old Testament lesson is from 1 Samuel 8 and should be a lesson for Americans.  The people are unhappy with Samuel and tell h...

Honest. I didn't know this was the name of an album or a musical group. One of my New Year's Resolutions (which I've decided wi...

Learning from the past The dueling speeches--Cheney and Obama--certainly show that we have administrations with entirely different perspecti...

Clouds without rain, trees without fruit--twice dead That's the message of Jude to the 2009 U.S. Congress, attempting to foist all manne...

Allegory of Unfaithful Jerusalem When gays sift through Scripture hunting with no avail for support for their sexual practices and marriage ...

Difficult passages In our abbreviated service this morning Pastor Paul noted that the topic of Israel had been suggested by Pastor Jeff in ...