Psalm 90 Realism for Ash Wednesday and Life
Psalm 90 is an incredibly wise meditation for Ash Wednesday, Lent and all of life.
During Lent, Christians meditate on their fragile, short lives. On Ash Wednesday, we put ashes on our head as a visible gesture that reminds us of the dust that we will return to. As humans, we are but dust and ashes. We consider our sins and the fact that we will must stand before God at the end, and we repent of the things that we’ve done in dust and ashes. [Read More…]
Meditating on Psalm 90, the Groundhog Day Movie, and Life
Psalm 90 begins with some hard-to-hear words about our lives that are troubled with sin and all too brief, but then culminates with profound ideas about what brings life joy despite our difficulties. [Read More…]