I Whistle a Happy Tune

I Whistle a Happy Tune
Psalm 56

During the past few days people on the East Coast of the United States have been living through Hurricane Irene, which the media report to be among the top ten most costly disasters in U.S. history. As the Rock River rose on Sunday morning in Williamsville, Vermont, firefighters went from door to door telling people they had hours, maybe minutes, to get out of their houses, which were in danger of being flooded by the river’s waters. Some houses were fine; some were partly washed away; at least one was totally engulfed. On a normal Sunday morning many of the eight hundred residents of the village would be preparing to go to church. What were they thinking this Sunday morning?...