Lent 2013
Welcome to Quiet Publications!
I’m still on schedule to begin publishing the daily Quiet Devotions on Pentecost Sunday (May 19). If you haven’t already, please subscribe by entering your e-mail address in the box at the bottom of the sidebar, and you will be e-mailed the day’s devotion each morning. Please be confident that Quiet Publications will never sell or share our e-mail list with anyone.
You may have noticed that there are a few new features here at Quiet Publications. I’ve added a tab for articles and essays, and have published one essay about how we can see the very real and insidious dangers of idolatry by looking at Tolkien’s character Gollum. I’ve always loved Lord of the Rings and had a lot of fun rereading the book with an eye towards that theme. I may do another one on stewardship someday, as Gondor provides a wonderful case study (as do the wizards–definitely food for thought, there!).
I’ve also begun publishing book reviews. This will be an occasional feature here, hopefully averaging about one per month. I’ve identified the next two books I’ll be reviewing, and will go from there. At some point I may solicit suggestions, but I’m not quite there yet.
My bible study Gospel Agendas is still on track to be published around the end of April. This will be a five session study that explores the social and historical contexts in which each gospel writer wrote, and how the needs of his particular community influenced his writing. You don’t have to be a pastor or have a degree in history to lead this study; all background information is provided. I taught this study last year, and received very positive reviews. I’m looking forward to sharing it with you.
I’ll leave you with a poem I wrote as part of my congregation’s Member Authored Psalm project. Have a blessed Lent!
Karen Goltz
My Savior’s Love
by Karen Goltz
In the virgin light of morning
In the fields with flowers adorning
In the vibrant sun that’s setting
In the mercy of forgetting
I see my Savior’s love.
In the widow’s lonely cry
In the untimely good-bye
In regret for misspent past
In fear of death at last
I see my Savior’s love.
When my joy is made complete
When I’m bowed down in defeat
When good fortune’s sent my way
When the bill demands its pay
I see my Savior’s love.
In all things, good and bad
When we’re joyous, content, or sad,
In every time and place
We see him face to face.
Our Savior brings his love.
