Nine-year-old Dan Gill arrived with his best friend Archie at their classmate rsquo s birthday party When the mother of the birthday boy saw Archie however she refused him entry ldquo There aren rsquo t enough chairs rdquo she insisted Dan offered to sit on the floor to make room for his friend who was Black but the mother said no Dejected Dan left their presents with her and returned home with Archie the sting of his friend rsquo s rejection searing his heart Now decades later Dan is a schoolteacher who keeps one empty chair in his classroom When [... more]

Welcome to Through the Psalms a weekend ministry of The Truth Pulpit Over time we will study all psalms with Pastor Don Green from Truth Community Church in Cincinnati Ohio We're glad you're with us Let's open to the Psalms now as we join our teacher in The Truth Pulpit thetruthpulpit comClick the icon below to listen Related StoriesPrivileged to Suffer Remember and Respond Remember and Respond [... more]

In his classic book The Human Condition Thomas Keating shares this memorable tale A teacher having lost the key to his home is on his hands and knees searching through the grass When his disciples see him searching they join the hunt but with no success Finally ldquo one of the more intelligent disciples rdquo asks ldquo Master have you any idea where you might have lost the key rdquo Their teacher replies ldquo Of course I lost it in the house rdquo When they exclaim ldquo Then why are we looking for it out here rdquo he answers ldquo [... more]