Author: Tom Denham

On my prayer rug – Part I

The Hebrew and Christian scriptures describe standing, bowing, kneeling, and prostrating oneself face down in prayer and worship. O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! (Psalm 95: 6) Then...

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Better friends than me

A boy I knew from high school joined the Navy after we graduated. I can’t remember if we met before I dropped out of Junior Army ROTC at the end of the 10th grade or if he worked at the Jitney Jungle where I stocked shelves and...

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A prophet in training

I was 17 years old the first time I decided to read the Bible through “from cover to cover.” I started in Genesis and slogged straight through Revelation. It took me less than a year because I read as many chapters as possible...

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Rest as worship of God

I once went 5 years without being away from work for longer than a 4-day weekend. I spent almost a week outside of the United States during that period accompanying my wife who was lecturing in Latvia, but kept up with work...

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Because he was very good at it!

I finished reading through the Bible a few weeks ago. The plan was to take a full year, but I read ahead and finished early. I started a new reading plan the next day. I started the ESV Study Bible reading plan that includes...

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