Sisters and brothers in Christ, how is God leading us out of a place where we are caught or stuck? Moses’ words to Pharaoh were to “let [God's] people go” (Exod....

What is forgiveness? We regularly pray some form of these words in the Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” What is the measure...

Sometimes we want God to part the waters when God is calming the seas. The passage from Romans is urging us not to judge anyone, regardless of what decisions they make....

Sometimes God shows up in amazing ways in the deserts of our lives. Psalm 114 talks about how all of creation responded to God’s presence at the time of the Exodus....

It can be difficult to decide to leave a place we have grown accustomed to—even if it is an unhealthy place—in order to make our dreams come true. The internal and...

In our scripture passage for today, the Red Sea separated Moses and the Israelites from freedom. The Egyptians were chasing them even though Pharaoh had given them permission to leave. The...

Paul tells us that we are to put on the armor of light. I can’t help but wonder what that would be like. What would that armor look like in a...

The beauty of music is not only the sound or the beat but the human interaction with whatever is making the sound. A tambourine needs hands to make the cymbals hit...

Reds and yellows, oranges and pinks all come to together in an array of beauty as the leaves change colors in autumn. Each leaf adds a shade and a shadow. This...

Food is my favorite thing in the world. My earliest memories of my grandmother are connected with biscuits baking, collards bubbling on the stove, and big egg-filled breakfasts that we’d eat...