“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:7 It’s easy to skim over David’s words, “purge me with “hyssop” אֵזוֹב(ezov),” and completely miss the Holy Spirit tapping us on the shoulder. Hyssop is a...
“Keep ‘the main thing’ the main thing.” Have you ever heard that expression before or ones like it? Or perhaps, “keep your priorities straight.” I need to remind myself of sayings like these when life gets a little chaotic or overwhelming. When daily life gets so busy that you...
We are still in February and Ash Wednesday is upon us; it’s hard to believe we are already heading towards Easter. One week from today, millions of Christians around the world will attend a service where these words are spoken over them, “Remember, you are dust,...
I remember, when I was a chemistry student, one of the principles we were taught was in a closed system (like the world we live in), if left alone, things will always go from order to disorder unless outside energy is put into it. We...
1Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4When his breath departs he returns to...
It is my joy to wish you a most blessed Christmas, as the pastor at Prince of Peace. I am thankful for all of you who make up our Prince of Peace family. I would love to see you during one of our services over the...
The greatest miracle of Christmas is not that a virgin conceived and bore a son, although that is absolutely amazing. It’s not the angels appearing to shepherds, yet that is pretty awesome, or the Magi following the star which lead them to baby Jesus, truly remarkable. The...
Are you starting to feel it? The busyness of the Christmas season? I am; that’s why I am thankful for this season of Advent. It slows us down and it gives us perspective. Advent helps us to not get sucked into the Christmas whirlwind where we...
Psalm 136 is a call to give thanks to the LORD. I pray that this Thanksgiving you will be able to reflect on how much you are blessed and loved by God in Christ Jesus. His enduring and persistent love for you and me is reason enough...
"Philip, let us sing Psalm 46!" These are the words Martin Luther would often say to his colleague, Philip Melanchthon, during the sometimes very dark days of the Reformation. When Melanchthon or Luther were downcast, they would belt out the great "battle hymn of the Reformation"--...