A Quick Note on Job and Brussels Sprouts

A Quick Note on Job and Brussels Sprouts

“I am,” said Anne of Green Gables in a moment of adolescent woe, “in the depths of despair!’ One of the interesting things about being human is this: the necessity of being served from a great many and varied dishes on the table of life. It is...
Is it Time to Audit Your Front Row?

Is it Time to Audit Your Front Row?

Life is a theater, so invite your audience carefully. Not everyone should be given a seat in the front row of our lives. Some years ago, the speaker at our annual women’s retreat opened with this quote. The idea of being mindful of the people we allow to exert...

Where am I When it Hurts?

One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan, came with them. Job 1:6   Sounds Tolkienesque, doesn’t it? Angelic beings are called to the court of the great God, Jehovah. The vast multitude stands...
Job and His Book

Job and His Book

Since in this life the righteous certainly are not saved from evil, it follows that their ways are watched, and their sufferings recorded, with a view to a future and perfect manifestation of the Divine justice.  Canon Cook Some years ago, not long after I initially...
How to be a Refresher

How to be a Refresher

The word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver Proverbs 25:11 (CEV) Do you remember the last time you could have used some encouragement? When you felt depleted, weary, and knew that the presence of someone to look you in the eye and speak that timely...