“Your servant is listening” —1st Samuel 3 True for us? Or are we so busy talking that we’re forgeting to listen to God today?

“I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” —Psalm 23:6, King James Version “Forever’s a long time.”  A youth group guy told me that.  Had to agree. In classic tent meeting revivalistic terms, the big question is “Where…

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life“ —Psalm 23:6 Rainy days and Mondays.  Karen Carpenter sang about them. Lonely days when I could not find a friend.  James Taylor sang about them. Yesterday, when…

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” —Psalm 23:6 “Can I keep this puppy?  He followed me home,” said kids onscreen to parents in days gone by. Everywhere that Pigpen went in the classic…

“Surely….” —Psalm 23:6 Our Psalm’s last verse opens like a case of fireworks exploding in the back seat of your car. In place of uncertainty and doubt, Psalm 23:6 gives us the unequivicable. Many of us memorized this as the…

You shower me with so many blessings that I slosh over!—Psalm 23:5, RDSV Two friends were coming into our church building. I was hurrying out to preside and preach at a funeral. “Look at this!” one of them said to me,…

You anoint my head with oil —Psalm 23:5 Anointing of someone’s head happened in a variety of situations back then and there. For example… …sometimes it was a way to show honor and welcome to a guest. …sometimes it was…

“…in the presence of my enemies.” —Psalm 23:5 Yesterday we thought together about a banquet. The rest of that sentence, Psalm 23:5, tells where that banquet takes place  and who else is there: “in the presence of my enemies.” I love the…

You set a banquet table before me —Psalm 23:5 It was my freshman year of high school.  The room was packed.  The crowd was loud. We were being honored at a sports banquet.  We had made it through our first…

This comes from a friend of mine named Tom Allen —   There was this really smart sheep down in Mexico who knew how to make butter and buttermilk. One night she sneaked across the border and got a job…