Today’s Walk in the Word

My times are in your hands.         —Psalm 31:15 In 1895, missionary Andrew Murray (1828–1917), suffering severe pain, wrote: “In time of trouble, say: “First, God brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place; in that I will rest. “Next, He will keep me in His […]

Look at the lilies . . . Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.                         —Luke 12:27 I was miffed; someone littered my landscape with a discarded garbage bag. Actually, it polluted no more than one percent of […]

[Love] keeps no record of wrongs.        —1 Corinthians 13:5 At the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding, the father of the groom gave advice that would have made Dear Abby proud. He told about a football coach who kept the score on the lighted scoreboard all week when his team lost, […]

Love your neighbor as yourself.           —Mark 12:31 For renters, a notice from the landlord slipped under the door is unsettling. But for tenants of the Lunde Apartments in Seattle, it was an unexpected gift. Owners Kory Slastthaug and his wife Mickey decided to give everyone in the eleven-unit building a […]

[Jesus] did not come to be served, but to serve. —Mark 10:45 I recently presided at the funeral of one of the best men I’ve known—a quiet, humble man of servant spirit. Many of those who gathered for the service had a feeling of severe loss: he had touched their lives with warm friendship and […]

Your faith is growing more and more.            —2 Thessalonians 1:3 Stephen Curry, arguably the best shooter in NBA history, entered the 2018 season with a 67.5 percent probability of sinking a basket every time the ball left his hands. Stephen isn’t satisfied with that. He spent the summer working on […]

Even rich people do not live forever.               —Psalm 49:12 Tom Benson, Richard Devos, Bruce Halle, H. Wayne Huizenga, George Lindemann, Peter Peterson, Imogene Powers Johnson, Leandro Rizzuto, Clemmie Spangler, Joan Tisch. Do these names ring a bell? They appeared in a sidebar in Forbes magazine’s 2018 issue of […]

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.  —Romans 12:12 In a recent sermon, my friend Allen Isbell told this chilling story about Kirby, who had been a law school classmate of his. Kirby and his adult son gave shelter to a homeless man, who killed the son, attempted to kill Kirby, and […]

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.                     —Psalm 107:1 Thanksgiving is a calendar-reminder of the blessings of God, the Great Giver. On the heels of Thanksgiving comes Christmas, when we are nudged to be givers. The season spurs us to be both grateful […]

Let us come before him with thanksgiving.                   —Psalm 95:2 On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers. Sixty-six days later, it anchored at Cape Cod. “God sifted out a hundred and two seeds from the civilization of Europe to plant […]