by Timothy Shorey | Sep 2, 2020 | Mission and Missions, The Christian Life
Bearing a Burden I’m a 38-year pastoral veteran, now serving a semi-urban multi-ethnic congregation; and I have never felt more overwhelmed. While not clocking in more hours than in previous times, I am investing more grief and empathy. Add to this all the hours spent...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 30, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“To the tearful eye of the suffering [psalmist] the Lord seemed to stand still, as if he calmly looked on, and did not sympathize with his afflicted one. Nay, more, the Lord appeared to be afar off, no longer ‘a very present help in trouble,’ but an inaccessible...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 26, 2020 | Devotional Reflections, The Christian Life, Theology
Tim, the Sleep-Talker I’m a somniloquist; one who regularly experiences somniloquy. Simply put: I talk in my sleep. Gayline, my dear long-suffering wife of nearly 43 years has had to listen to me talk nearly every day of her adult life; and she doesn’t even catch a...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 22, 2020 | Songs and Psalmody
“With a holy resolution the songster begins his hymn; I will praise thee, O Lord. It sometimes needs all our determination to face the foe, and bless the Lord in the teeth of his enemies; vowing that whoever else may be silent we will bless his name. Here (in Psalm...
by Timothy Shorey | Aug 22, 2020 | The Christian Life
(This article first appeared in The Gospel Coalition August 2020) Growing up, “phooey” was my G-rated response when disappointed with circumstances. And if I was mad at a person, I’d go PG once in a while (when my parents weren’t around) by hurling a few...
