If you wander

After James 5:13-20 

If you wander,

if anyone you know

wanders from the truth,

 

allow someone to bring

you back, bring

the wanderer home.

 

Whoever brings the wanderer

home, whoever brings

the sinner home from

his wandering, saves

his soul from death,

saves his soul from

destruction.

 

Whoever brings the wanderer

home, the sinner

to repentance, covers

a multitude of sins,

a multitude.

 

Photograph by Giuliano Gabella via Unsplash. Used with permission.Some Friday Readings

 

“A Simple, Cheerful Active Live on Earth,” poem by N.F.S. Grundtvig – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

“Hark! The Voice Eternal,” poem by John Julian – Anthony Esolen at Word & Song.

 

Does the Day End in Night, or the Night End in Day? – Seth Lewis.

 

Dwell – poem by Megan Willome.

 

Riding Like the Riding of Jehu – poem by Cody Ilardo at Power & Glory.

What to do when sick

After James 5:13-20 

If you are sick,

if you are hurting,

if your heart

shrieks and shrinks,

if times seem bleak,

if sin dogs your steps,

 

then call upon the elders,

the elders of the church.

Allow them to pray

over you, allow them

to anoint your brow,

let them pray the prayer

of faith, because faith

is its own healing,

the healing of the soul.

 

Confess your sins

to each other,

pray for one another,

and you are healed.

Few things are as

powerful as

the prayer of

a righteous person.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Cultural Enemies – James Emery White at Church & Culture.

 

Whitewashed Tombs – Jason Clark at This Is Jason.

 

The Bible’s Influence on America’s Founding – Daniel Dreisbach at Text & Canon Institute.

 

Suffering and praise

After James 5:13-20 

Do you suffer?

Sing praise!

Do you ail in body

or heart? Sing

praise! Do you

hurt? Is your

heart sick?

Sing praise!

 

Praise is not

the first thing

we think of

when we’re sick,

when we suffer.

But to sing praise

is an act of

submission,

acknowledging

the One,

celebrating

the One, even

as we suffer.

He is there.

His is always

there.

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

“Balloon Flower,” poem by Claudia Lee Hae-in – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

You Can Forgive Someone and Still Lock the Door – Lara d’Entremont at A Mother Held.

 

“Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken,” hymn by John Newtson – Anthony Esolen at Word & Sing.

 

“The Book of the World,” poem by William Drummond of Hawthornden – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.