“I wait for your salvation, O Lord.” Genesis 49:18 If 2020 has been a year of anything, it has been a year of waiting. Waiting for a global pandemic to be over. Waiting for a vaccine for COVID-19. Waiting to see loved ones again. Waiting to gather once again in our churches and let our …
Worship in a Foreign Land
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” Psalm 137:4 Written in the context of the Babylonian exile, Psalm 137 reflects the lament of the Israelites in Babylon. The Babylonians torment the people, asking them to sing “songs of Zion,” to which the people ask about singing Lord’s song in a foreign land. …
Joshua Strickler 