When I lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, I spent most of my free time hanging out at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. As a novice artist, I couldn’t get enough...

At the outset of the Thirty Years War, a French soldier by the name of Nicholas Herman had a profound encounter with God. After being wounded in battle, he entered a...

As I stare at a blank computer screen this morning, I’m reminded of the absence of words, sounds, smells, and images for some of us during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays....

From time to time, life pushes us toward cynicism. As the challenges take their toll, we question whether we can find peace. But we can counteract the wear and tear on...

The old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is simply not true. This idea that others’ viewpoints and comments can’t hurt us unless...

As I reflect on today’s scripture, I wonder what kind of person the prophet Ezekiel must have been. Here was an official Temple priest who was ripped from his profession and...

Three servants were entrusted with their master’s riches. Two multiplied them, earning their master’s approval. The third hid his away in a safe place and was thrown into the farthest darkness....

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was leaving.” It’s a strange start to a parable. At this point in Matthew’s Gospel, the disciples have been following Jesus for...

Sometimes in our suffering, we wait for God awake and alert to the possibilities that God will reveal. And God comes, issuing promises of deliverance. But deliverance does not always come...

Twenty years. It seems so short compared to nine hundred. Perhaps it even seems like an improvement after forty years of wilderness wandering. But twenty years is a long time to...