At the end of our Christmas Eve service, each person lights the candle of the next person in the pew, symbolically sharing the light of Christ. It is a moving sight...

While I was taking my nine-year-old son to Bible class, we encountered a woman going in the opposite direction. As we passed, she greeted him with, “Good morning, Houston.” To help...

It was the fourth Sunday night of Advent. We heard the wind whistling around the building as the congregation stood passing the flame from candle to candle in the stillness of...

Job was one of the most upright men in the Bible, but in the face of unbearable trials, he cursed the day he was born and begged God for death. God...

It had been a long, cold, and wet day of touring in Israel. I had been jostled by the crowds at the Church of the Nativity. I had shivered in the...

In Luke 10:2, Jesus compared the task of sharing the gospel with the work of farming. He told the disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” This comparison...

As a junior in high school, I am often swamped with work. Tests, projects, papers, and homework quickly pile up. Long ago I decided to stop procrastinating, so I work late...

The prophet Anna is one of my Christmas heroes. She didn’t guard sheep by night or visit the manger. Nevertheless, Anna became part of the extended Christmas story, celebrating the infant...

Every Advent season I pray to know the Lord more deeply as I read the Christmas story. This year I was struck by the variety of emotions surrounding that first Christmas....

While living in eastern Kansas, I often traveled across the state to its western side. Driving in that area is like driving on a giant pool table. Only rarely does a...