In the Common Lectionary for last week, these were the somewhat tired sounding words of the psalmist, contained in psalm 123: “To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! As ...

My 11-year-old daughter and I were discussing our favorite holiday’s when I shocked her by proclaiming Thanksgiving as one of mine. “What is so great about Thanksgiving?” she asked. I ...