Green Pastures
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Chances are, we have heard these words from Psalm 23:2 hundreds, maybe thousands, of times in our lives if we grew up around the church. The imagery makes us think of calm, lush valleys of deep...
The Shepherd
The only real constant in King David’s life was danger. As a shepherd, David was in danger of being attacked by lions and bears. As a fugitive, David fled the bloodthirst jealousy of Saul. Even as a king, David was in danger of Saul’s children seeking his death....
Sacred Waiting
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Advent -- the beginning of a new year in the church calendar and a time of both reflection and expectation. Advent is a season of waiting -- a threshold, or a liminal space. Stephen Milburn taught about liminal space in our “Seasons of...