It is accurately said that pride goeth before a fall. Please make no mistake: What follows is not written out of pride, nor some desire to say, “See? I told you so.” Quite the opposite. I possess no special gift of prophecy. I have no access to inside information. I guess I have wits enough to survive — made it this far, anyway — but nothing much beyond that. Yet somehow I was able to predict a lot of what has happened in the last year or so.
The Boys are back with talk of the continued political tensions around the Russo-Ukrainian War, the coming SCOTUS decisions, violent political rhetoric in the coming midterm elections, Shakespeare and hope in Psalm 136.
It wasn’t until yesterday that I realized that the electric bass guitar is an instrument designed so that music-ish sounds can be made by creatures who lack opposable thumbs.
Rafael Nadal has now won the French Open—-one of tennis’s major championships—-a mind-boggling 14 times. No other man has won an individual major more than 9 times. In this era of the “Big Three” —- Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic —- the trio have captured an absurd 62 major championships. Recall that there are 4 major championship tournaments in a calendar year. Nadal is now two majors clear of both rivals for the most career majors among men.
It’s something that I’m sure crops up from time to time in all our lives: Is it about time to build a banjo?
We turn with Jason to Psalms 76, 77 and 78. As reflect on the perfection and holiness of God, what is our proper response?
Read along with us! Throughout the week, read this week’s Psalms and, as you have insights or questions, please leave them in the comments below! We’ll be here throughout the week interacting with each other on the readings! We’re aiming to read Psalm 76 by Monday, Psalm 77 by Wednesday and Psalm 78 by Friday so that we can discuss all three of them together.
Get the full details on this 2022 Reading Plan through the Psalms by visiting our overview page.
Unfortunate Reversal (June 27, 2022) |
Mistranslated Wonder (June 20, 2022) |
Songs for Our Temple (Week 25: Ps. 73-75) |