Thus Saith the Lord

I can still remember those melodious strains of praise in song wafting through the open windows of the small, rural church building in which I worshiped as a child (we had “swamp-coolers” back then that often didn’t mitigate the heat). “Faith is the victory we know, that overcomes the world” are lyrics that still elicit endearing memories. Songs such as these still stir my senses as the church rai…