midweek musings

I think sometimes we all forget (myself included) that in addition to being the Savior of the world, Jesus was a son and brother, an uncle and friend, a cousin and a carpenter, and a very faithful Jew. And what is even more evident from the Gospel texts is that he was a scholarly Jew who knew the scriptures of the Hebrew faith very well. Often Jesus recited scripture and used parts of these texts in his teachings. This use of what we refer to today as the Old Testament script

Our music director Dr. David Boyle has inspired me this month in our worship music to remember both church camp songs and old-fashioned hymn sings, complete with funeral home fans, that were often held on the church grounds. At my Dad’s first church (Nazareth Presbyterian Church in Moore, South Carolina) we held a full-day event like this before school resumed each fall. It consisted of a picnic on the grounds sponsored by the Presbyterian Women. A family softball game and ac