Conversing with God?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Hear my prayer, Lord!  And let my cry for help come to You.  Psalm 102:1  NASB Hear – Moses and David.  The great Shema and the lesser Shema.  “Hear, O Israel” and “YHVH, hear my prayer.”  Both from the same root and the same consciousness.  Both dependent on relationship.  And both with multiple Semitic meanings. “šāmaʿ has…

If a Tree Falls

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Hear my prayer, Lord!  And let my cry for help come to You.  Psalm 102:1  NASB Hear – If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear, does it make a sound?  An interesting existential question.  What is the relationship between a physical event and the perception of the event?  If God…