Weekend Reflection: A Joyful Noise

October 27, 2012 By

4 Shout your praises to God, everybody!Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!5 Round up an orchestra to play for God,Add on a hundred-voice choir.6 Feature trumpets and big trombones,Fill the air with praises to King God.7 Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause,With everything living on earth joining in.8 […]


Filed Under: Deidra Riggs, God's omnipotence, peace, Psalm 98, rest, Sandra Heska King, worship

Just the Normal Noises

October 31, 2011 By

Stupid Phones. We’re Holdouts.  What Counts as Quiet? I paused in the parking lot of the suburban hotel and listened. I heard, and felt, music hurtling from a car on the street, subwoofer driving the bass beat into my bones. Somewhere on the sidewalk a woman laughed. The “Walk” signal at the intersection chirped out […]


Filed Under: creation, God's omnipotence, gratitude, hotel, peace, prayer, Psalm 98, quiet, thanksgiving, worship

Just the Normal Noises

October 31, 2011 By

Stupid Phones. We’re Holdouts.  What Counts as Quiet? I paused in the parking lot of the suburban hotel and listened. I heard, and felt, music hurtling from a car on the street, subwoofer driving the bass beat into my bones. Somewhere on the sidewalk a woman laughed. The “Walk” signal at the intersection chirped out […]


Filed Under: creation, God's omnipotence, gratitude, hotel, peace, prayer, Psalm 98, quiet, thanksgiving, worship