God often shows up when we least expect it. Samaria, the setting for today’s reading, has been in the midst of severe famine. Matters have become so desperate that King Ahab...

If the strong affirmation that God alone reigns interrupts the initial familiarity of Psalm 96, the disruption continues with a further affirmation of God’s role as coming judge: “Let all crea-
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Like many, this psalm is tricky. At first glance it may come across as mundane. If we are not careful, we can simply ride the wave of the psalmist’s call for...

So then, if we are not out of alignment with God but participants in the work of aligning ourselves with one another and with all creation to the glory of God,...

How shall the work continue? How is God working out the healing of the world? When will it be done; when will you and I live consistently in the confidence of...

Jesus left unfinished work. The restoration and realignment of all creation to God remained incomplete when Jesus’ life on earth ended. Before his death, in his final teaching to the disciples...

Despite the majesty and design of the created world, there are detractors who dispute God’s ways and undermine God’s work. Why, in the midst of such a celebratory psalm, does the...

Listen to Wisdom as she tells the story of God’s ordering work at the beginning of time: What she saw when there was not yet depth or height or light What...

From the highest heavens to the deepest oceans, the psalmist declares, God has aligned creation—given purpose and order to all of life—and God’s name is majestic over all! Follow the alignment...

Imagine typing words into a word-processing program without any parameters for the alignment of those words on the page. No left justification. No right justification. Not even center justification. In fact,...