Sunday’s Coming

Joining in song (Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1:1-12)

Sometimes someone else has to start singing before we can.

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I am often a tired, grumpy, and hangry mother by the time our family sits down for dinner. My husband, seemingly unaffected by blood-sugar fluctuations or by the demands of the day, offers a perky question: “Shall we sing?”