32I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; 33but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, 34and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the…

1Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done. 3In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the…

“We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.”

1   Truly God is good to the upright,            to those who are pure in heart.  2   But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled;            my steps had nearly slipped.  3   For I was envious of the arrogant;            I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4   For they have no pain;            their bodies are sound and sleek.  5   They are…

25“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and…

25Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26I think that, in view of the impending crisis, it is well for you to remain as you are. 27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you…

24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel; they took possession of Samaria, and settled in its cities. 25When they first settled there, they did not worship the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them,…

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright  And darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our private lives; The unmentionable odour of death Offends the September night. Accurate scholarship can  Unearth…

“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.”

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;            I will sing and make melody.            Awake, my soul!  2   Awake, O harp and lyre!            I will awake the dawn.  3   I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples,            and I will sing praises to you among the nations.  4   For your steadfast love is…