Illinois. Michigan. New York. Massachusetts. The rest of New England and the northeastern seaboard. Buffeted by snow. Buried in snow. Blitzed with a blizzard of snow. It is clear that God is venting his wrath and visiting his payback upon the blue states. If, at the last minute, the storm were to miraculously bypass Ohio, there are some of you….or a few of you….well, maybe two or three of you….who might actually believe that. 

And when the next storm misses us….by riding north of us or dipping south of us….others of us will wipe our brows and say: "Praise God" or "Thank you, Jesus," without ever giving a moment's thought as to what, if anything, God or Jesus had to do with it. 

On Sunday, January 9, the psalm designated by the Common Lectionary (for churches and preachers that adhere to …