The Lawnmower

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

My heart has been struck like grass and has withered, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.  Psalm 102:4  NASB Has been struck – We might use the idiom “Go pound sand!” but I’ve never heard anyone say, “Go beat grass!”  That makes me wonder what the psalmist had in mind when he chose this verb, nākâ.  Certainly…

Astral Projection

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.  Psalm 121:6 NASB Smite – I understand the connection to the sun.  The Hebrew verb, nākâ (strike, hit, slay, beat, kill) makes perfect sense when you’re wandering the desert.  But how does this apply to the moon?  Never have I thought that the…