When I was in junior high school, I had the opportunity to take photography classes. Long before the days of digital photography, we had to develop film to produce an image...

What are you called to do? Teach, heal, protect, preach? Whatever it is, Paul says it is nothing without love. You may be the best algebra teacher in your state, but...

Raw emotion and striking honesty with God fill many of the psalms, and Psalm 71 is no different. Save me! Deliver me! Today’s passage is a desperate cry for help. The...

Recently I took a class centered around the theme of “home.” We discussed questions like, What is home? What happens when you lose your home? How do you find your place...

Like most teenagers, my children make excuses, particularly when they have to do an unpleasant task. Their excuses involve reasons for not doing chores or for why they argue with each...

What does it mean to be called by God? Usually, we think only of ministers as having a calling. Occasionally, professionals such as doctors and teachers will speak about their careers...

New Testament writers reference the words of Isaiah more than any other Hebrew scripture except the Psalms. Isaiah speaks a truth that is as yeast in leavened bread. Jesus of Nazareth’s...

I was ten years old and was fishing in a canal running through a Miami park. I had cast a lead lure too far and it had snagged in the mangrove...

Aloneness is a persistent thread running through the story of Jesus’ life. It resonates with us through the human condition we share with our Savior. In today’s reading Jesus has emerged...

I am a recovering alcoholic. My recovery has been a decade-long awakening. After sharing my story with my senior pastor, he declared to me, “We are all in recovery.” Isolation is...