Daily Devotional

Seasoned with Salt Day 235 – 23 August The Vault Behind the Voice “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” (Matthew 12:35, NKJV) The Field That Held a Kingdom’s Gold In July 2009 a

Seasoned with Salt Day 234 – 22 August Stab or Surgery “There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.” (Proverbs 12:18, NASB) The Sign Outside the Barber’s Outside barbershops across Britain turns a striped pole, red and white, so familiar that hardly anyone

Seasoned with Salt Day 233 – 21 August Travelling Slim “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” (Proverbs 21:23, KJV) The Caver’s Rule for Narrow Places Beneath the Yorkshire Dales and the Mendip Hills runs a hidden Britain of caves, and the people who explore them have a vocabulary all

Seasoned with Salt Day 232 – 20 August The Morsel and the Hook “The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.” (Proverbs 18:8, ESV) The Art of the Irresistible Morsel Ask an angler about his craft and he will talk less about rods than

Seasoned with Salt Day 231 – 19 August The Gatehouse “Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.” (Proverbs 13:3, NIV) Why the Gatehouse Is the Strongest Wall Walk up to any great medieval castle and you will notice a curiosity of engineering: the mightiest architecture

Seasoned with Salt Day 230 – 18 August The Word Budget “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.” (Proverbs 10:19, NKJV) The Solicitor’s First Instruction Every viewer of British crime drama knows the caution by heart: you do not have to say anything, but anything

Seasoned with Salt Day 229 – 17 August Seven Seconds Behind Live “This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.” (James 1:19, NASB) The Dump Button Live radio has a secret, and the secret is that it is rarely quite live. Since the

Seasoned with Salt Day 228 – 16 August Honey That Never Spoils “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” (Proverbs 16:24, KJV) The Jar That Outlived the Pharaohs Archaeologists opening Egyptian tombs have famously lifted out pots of honey some three thousand years old and found the

Seasoned with Salt Day 227 – 15 August The Night Watch “Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!” (Psalm 141:3, ESV) The Gate Locked at 9:53 Every night for roughly seven hundred years, at exactly 9:53pm, a small procession has crossed the cobbles of the Tower

Seasoned with Salt Day 226 – 14 August The Written Rest “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,” (Ecclesiastes 3:7, NIV) Silence, Scored in Ink Open any orchestral score and you will find silence written down. Composers notate the absence of sound with