Solomon Dedicates the Temple

Today’s Bible reading* includes the completion of the Temple’s construction and when Solomon dedicates the Temple. We’re told that Solomon took almost twice as long (thirteen years) to build his ornate palace complex as he did to build the Temple (seven years). At first glance, it sounds like he cared more for his own house…

A Remedy for Spiritual Depression

Psalm 42 in today’s Bible reading* gives us a remedy for spiritual depression. Note that I qualified depression as spiritual depression, which should be seen as separate from clinical depression.* Most of us know what it’s like to be depressed, to be blue, to be down in the dumps. That’s the meaning of this word…