by admin | May 6, 2021 | Section Five
I visit my mother in hospice every morning. When she still spoke to me she asked me to pray that she could “get out of here.” I told her I didn’t think that I could care for her at her home. She said that wasn’t what she meant. I didn’t answer her. Later that...
by admin | Dec 19, 2020 | Section Five, The Fear of the Lord
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, A Filmmaker’s Journey by Timothy P. Mahoney was Mom’s coffee table book this Thanksgiving. I have a bit of history with my mother’s coffee table books. This time I even asked her if she leaves them out for my benefit. (She said, “No.”)...
by admin | Jun 27, 2020 | A Monotonous Cycle, Section Five
Cain complained to יְהֹוָ֑ה (yehôvâh): Masoretic Text Septuagint Genesis 4:14 (Tanakh) Genesis 4:14 (NET) Genesis 4:14 (NETS) Genesis 4:14 (English Elpenor) Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I...
by admin | May 31, 2020 | He Takes Away, Section Five
In 1882 George Matheson wrote: O Love, that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; I give Thee back the life I owe, That in Thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. I quote it here—especially “O Love, that wilt not let me go” —as the testimony of...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Five
Three things stand out to me (Luke 23:32-34a; John 12:32, 33; Matthew 22:41-46): Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with [Jesus]. So when they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on...