We often get caught up in worrying over what’s going on in the world, and what our “leaders” are doing. But what if we were to really live out what we believe. If we all actually had the courage to live

Sometimes blessings don’t always feel like blessings, do they? Sometimes the weight of it all can make us see our blessings as a curse. The trick is to not fall into that negativity. The trick is to allow

In a recent news article it was noted that the U.S. Episcopal diocese has voted to not only start using gender neutral pronouns for God (despite the fact that Jesus chose to call Him Father), but there

When we presume to ask for bounty from God, be sure that we're doing it for the right reasons. This verse shows us the proper attitude. We should be seeking bounty so that we can better keep the Words

Psalm 12 is a psalm of Lamentation, but it is also a psalm of hope in the end. It’s helpful to see that even when there’s reason to lament, there’s also reason to hope for the future. Too often we get

Today we have a relatively short Psalm to go over. You probably noticed this because it only took me a couple days to get this one posted… But, while this particular Psalm may be short, it’s huge in the

It’s probably good to mention that Psalm 10 is really a carryover of Psalm 9. Not only is the theme of very much related, but Psalms 9 and 10 are an acrostic of the alphabet in the Hebrew. This allows

One thing that can be missed when doing a verse by verse look at the Psalms is that the entire thing is a unit. I’m going to try to relay that here, but the psalm is twenty verses long, so it’s easy to

Ok, it’s been more than a week since the last blog, but it’s been a little while longer since our last look at the Psalms. Consider that remedied. Today we look at the Eighth Psalm, which is all about

Last time I posted in this series on the psalms I made the unfortunate statement that I was posting at least once per week. Well, I’m almost a week overdue on this one if this is the case so why don’t

Many times Christianity has no real sense of itself. We’re so scared to be like the Sadducees and Pharisees our Savior clashed with that we’ve disowned our very heritage. We’ve thrown the proverbial baby

We started out with gusto but we’ve kind of settled into at least one post per week. In keeping with that tradition, let’s get into the sixth of the psalms. O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and

We’ve already done the first half of this psalm but I think it’s important for us to read through the whole thing again and get the flavor of the whole thing again. O LORD; consider my groaning. Give attention

Oh man, we’re back to doing another psalm that has more than 8 verses. I know what you’re thinking… How long is it gonna take to get through these 12 verses… We’re going to try to not get too bogged down,

(John 18:38, John 14:6, Psalm 119:142) Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause

I was drinking my coffee this morning and something struck me. I have this coffee cup that I went out of my way to purchase. I bought it because I like the graphic that was on it. But there’s one thing

I want to talk a little bit about the name of my website (The Poiema), and what it means to me. So, what is that weird word? Poiema. It’s a Greek word. A long time ago I watched a movie called My Big Fat

This is two psalms in a row that David can come off as a bit bipolar. But that’s one of the reasons we love him so much. We’re looking at him from the outside and we’re seeing a real person. A person who

We sing the song, but do we mean it? Do we even understand what we’re saying, if we’re not living it out? Let’s look at it and see what we see: How lovely is Your dwelling place, LORD of Hosts. I long

Sometimes, even when you are doing your best to live your life resting in the joy of the LORD, it feels like every step you take is aimed right at a landmine. Every time you make a move Murphy’s Law takes