WideSky.biz: Creative Research and Expression

Author: David M. Frye

  • Seeking Wisdom

    “Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her.” (Wisdom 6:12, NRSV)

  • Understand and Abide

    “Those who trust in [the Lord] shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love….” (Wisdom 3:9, LH)

  • Living with Lectio Divina

    “It is especially necessary that listening to the word of God should become a life-giving encounter, in the ancient and ever valid tradition of lectio divina, which draws from the biblical text the living word which questions, directs, and shapes our lives.” (Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II, Jan. 6, 2001, Art.…

  • Formed to be Imperishable

    “For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him.” (Wisdom 2:23, LH)

  • “The Days are Surely Coming”

    Introduction This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25, 2009, the weekend of the Festival of the Reformation in the churches of the Augsburg Confession. + + + Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 + + + Prayer Long ago, O…

  • The Gift of Tears

    This past Tuesday at the Nebraska Synod’s annual Theological Conference,, when Bishop David deFreese shared a clip from A League of Their Own and mentioned that God makes some Christians “weepers,” I wrote myself a note to figure out why that sounded so familiar to me. After a little digging, I discovered that I had…

  • Enduring Law

    “She is the book of the precepts of God, the law that endures forever; All who cling to her will live, but those will die who forsake her.” (Baruch 4:1,LH)

  • Brought Low

    “We are brought low, not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, not heeding his voice.” (Baruch 2:5, LH)

  • Power in Weakness

    “My grace is sufficient for you, for power shines forth more perfectly in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, LH)

  • Heard in Despair

    ” O god, more powerful than all, hear the voice of those in despair. Save us from the power of the wicked, and deliver me from my fear.” (Esther 14:9, LH)