Reflections in Christ

Everyone you meet and have ever met wears a mask.  You do too.  From the time we were children, we have been taught that certain things were acceptable and certain other…

Psalm 72

May He have dominion from sea to sea…
(Psalm 72:8 )

Psalm 71: Trusting God Over a Lifetime

For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon Thee I have leaned from my birth…

Psalm 70

Make haste, O God to deliver me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord! ...

Psalm 69

This is a psalm of one who is enduring affliction, enemies and being abandoned by friends and by God. The New Testament, the Fathers and Christians of East…

I must say that I enjoy watching the Olympic Games—summer or winter—when they make their way into our homes according to their respective four-year cycles.  In fact, I believe that at this point in the current Winter Olympics, I am fast approaching the status of…

We’ve all had moments like that—the moment when you wake up and realize you’ve been a complete moron.  The Prodigal Son had one such moment when he realized he was being idiotic and stupid, (or in the more elegant language of the parable, “ when he came to himself”).  He had left home…

Psalm 68: Pascha, Ascension, Witness

Paschal verses
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee from before his face!
As smoke vanishes…

Psalm 67

God be bountiful to us and bless us! Show the light of Thy countenance upon us and have mercy on us!
That we may know Thy way upon…

Psalm 66

Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! Sing of His Name, give to Him glorious praise!
Say to God: how awesome are Thy deeds! So great is thy power that Thy enemies cringe before Thee! ...