by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Libbie Weber At the heart of this week’s lectionary passages is Psalm 19.7 with its first line: ‘The law of the LORD is perfect and revives the soul…’. How much better can our understanding of life get than in this beautiful line...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Keith Allen There are two truths that stand out in this passage. First, our life begins in the womb. The Psalmist is aware that even prior to birth we are “alive”, for we could not be guilty if we were not persons. This should challenge us all to value...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Pro-life work is war. The war requires resources, strategy, perseverance, and a clear sense of why we fight. The war has casualties—1.2 million dead per year, 1.2 million mothers wounded, 1.2 million broken and/or hardened fathers,...
by afladmin | Jun 5, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Ever since Eve encountered the serpent in Eden, mankind has considered the law of the Lord to be restrictive, constraining, and, in the end, at cross-purposes to our desire to have life, and to have it abundantly. Yet David, as he...
by afladmin | Jun 4, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn What is meant exactly by the above verse is not entirely clear. Were the drink offerings to other gods literally of blood? Were they offerings that lead to their death? Were they offerings offered by those with blood on their hands?...
