“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.” (Ps. 37:7 NIV)I loved my father very, much. I was not, however, always happy with him, and every once in a while, I must...
So many of the Psalms are “feel good” in nature. We can trust in God, He is our joy, our strength, etc.Psalms 36, however, does not begin with such a message. Rather, it is a message for the wicked… But more on that later.Back in the earlier days of COVID-19, we saw...
This story takes me back about 35 years, to the my first days at the American university I attended after graduating from a college in France. I knew I wanted to teach, and one of the classes I needed to take that first semester in teacher’s college was a class on...
I had just arrived in the United States where I was registered in a teaching program at an American University. English was actually my third, or maybe even my fourth, language, and I would be taking the same classes as native English speakers.That was nerve-wracking...
I don’t think that the words of Psalms 32:4-5 are a surprise to anyone:“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.” (Psalms 32:4 NIV)I don’t...
“In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your...
There was once a student in the Grade 8 class at the last school where I taught. She was loud and belligerent, she was a total behavior problem in her classroom, and as a result, everyone shunned her.Because I was a Grade 5 French Immersion teacher on the first floor,...