by Mark Hamilton | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Having grown up in a family in which my dad had a steady job and our schools were safe and our churches more often encouraging than not, deliverance is a hard concept for me. What does it look like? Not everyone has this problem because not everyone has mastered the...
by Mark Hamilton | Feb 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I often hear that the proper response to God’s grace is gratitude. This is true, as far as it goes, but seems a bit passive. Worse, in human beings, gratitude often turns to resentment at the humiliation caused by disproportionate, un-pay-backable...
by Mark Hamilton | Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
If Psalm 28 is notable for its quiet celebration of the mercies of God, Psalm 29 is one of the noisiest texts ever written. Its evocation of thunder (“the voice of Yhwh on the waters”), earthquake (“Lebanon skips….Yhwh’s voice makes the...
by Mark Hamilton | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some days you don’t have much to say because you recognize the extent to which you need mercy. Silence seems better than speaking. Words fail to capture the subtleties of thought, the depths of emotions, the intricacies of interpersonal relationships. Since...
by Mark Hamilton | Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week I spent three days in New York City on business. A few hours of touring amid the work took me and a colleague to Grant’s Tomb and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, each a monument in its own way. One honors a great man and the other seeks to...
