HESEDIM

Where can we find meaning and understanding of your life and the essential role of God in it? The book of Psalms as one of the Wisdom Writings allows us to reflect on the moral ordering of the world and of God.*

This analysis is covered in Episode 75: THE KING OF GLORY of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

*What lessons can we learn from - the deed of kindness from a Japanese woman to Hansel Parchment during the Olympics and the special clerical appeals for peace after elections in Zambia - about the showy display of righteousness admonished by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount?This lesson is explored in Episode 74: RIGHTEOUSNESS IN SECRET of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

How does the recent attempts on the life of the Prime Minister in St. Vincent and the Grenadinea demonstrate people insisting on utilizing their right to be wrong?

We discuss these and other instances in Episode 73: THE RIGHT To BE WRONG of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

Does the adversity, poverty and misery of how so many live, renders the idea of faith in God redundant?

This is discussed in Episode 72: THE VALIDITY OF FAITH IN GOD of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

As prices have increased and wages are stagnant, I've often had to reassure of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount where he says "so not worry about what you shall eat or drink or with what you shall be clothed. Seek ye first the Kingdom of Good and all these things will be added to you."

We temper the pervasive anxieties in Episode 71: THE REASSURANCE of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

On the eve of my move to Zambia, I reflect on Jeremiah's words that God delights in kindness, justice and righteousness and not in wisdom, strength and riches.*

I juxtapose the world's misplaced hierarchy of values against life's true ultimate values in Episode 70: JEREMIAH'S LAMENT of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

How can we use the Psalms 118 reference to the rejected stone becoming a chief cornerstone, in building our gratitude despite the ups and downs of life?

We explore the Psalm and Jesus' subsequent references in Episode 69: A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

*How and why does the wilderness, as mentioned in the opening song of 2nd of Isaiah, offer an alternative path for those with a quiet and moral courage?*

We juxtapose the Biblical and modern scenarios in Episode 68: THE WILDERNESS of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

Hope do we cope individually and collectively in the midst of life diminishing, life denying, life distorting and life destroying realities?

We explore in Episode 67: LIFE AND DEATH of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.

At a time when men have come into bad press with stories of spousal violence, predatory behavior and neglect of children, it is truly a tough time to be a man.

But today, this Fathers Day we celebrate the value and importance of fathers in Episode 66: THE BLESSING OF FATHERHOOD of the Hesedim Podcast by Reverend Dr. Garnett Roper.