Dr Hannah PROVERBS 18 – 7/2/21 “A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.” Pr. 18:1 A man’s greatest fears in life are pain (physical and emotional) and death. Today’s passage packs powerful psychological truth. It paints a picture that well describes David Eckman’s ( of the wonderful ministry – … Read more
PSALMS 58 – 7/1/21 David seems to have entered the Princess Bride’s bog of perpetual misery in this section of the Psalms. It is easy for one who is at a peaceful place in life to say that these psalms are melding together. When one is in the crosshairs of an enemy, however, to him … Read more
“Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly,” PROVERBS 17:12 A bear robbed of her cubs is mad as hell, and with good reason. A bear has a gestation period of just over 200 days and most bears have a liter of 2-3 cubs. The American Bear … Read more
PSALM 57 – 6/29/21 In Frank McCourt’s riveting book Angela’s Ashes, he describes his squalid childhood in Ireland. At least one child was born to his poor Catholic parents every year for years without end – their house crawled with sickly, hungry, hollow-eyed children. At one point they dwelt in a two-story rental. Every miserable … Read more
PROVERBS 17:5 “He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.” We all love it when Karma does her work. ( as formerly blogged on https://tribalminded.com/2021/02/24/gloating-karma-is-a-bitch.) We love the concept that what goes around comes around. Rare is the person who would not chuckle at their … Read more
I will trust in you. A mediation on Psalm 56 We last left David wishing that he had the wing of a dove so he could flee to the wilderness and find rest. You know you are hard up when your desire is to flee to a desert for refuge! Here we meet him singing … Read more