PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN RULERS

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth,    for there is no help in them.When they breathe their last, they return to earth,    and in that day their thoughts perish.Psalm 146:2-3 (Book of Common Prayer, p. 803) I will apologize at the outset if this post sounds like a rant; butContinueContinue reading “PUT NOT YOUR TRUST IN RULERS”

A JOYFUL NOISE

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through music.” MARTIN LUTHER I love music! Though I’ve had no formal music training other than a few trumpet lessons as a youngster and a year orContinueContinue reading “A JOYFUL NOISE”

NOT IN GOD’S NAME

Do not believe you can rectify the past by avenging it. That way you merely succeed in perpetuating the past instead of healing it.rabbi jonathan sacks This past summer I read a book titled Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Ostensibly, it is an analysis of Genesis, the first bookContinueContinue reading “NOT IN GOD’S NAME”