I don't remember my parents saying that boasting is a sin, but boasting was not welcome in our home. If I talked too long about one of my accomplishments, my mother...

Reading this passage makes me wish I were an artist. I would love to paint this last exchange between God and Sarah, the moment when God calls Sarah’s laughter out into...

Our psalm ends today saying “happy [are] the people whom [the LORD] has chosen as [God’s] heritage.” We have come full circle. We began with God’s promise to bless all the...

When you have found a trustworthy mechanic, a gentle dentist, or a new favorite workout, you want to share the news. That’s where today’s psalm comes in. When we live faithfully...

Upon reading this passage, I was struck by the phrase “and they laughed at him” in verse 24. The “they” is a group of people in active, demonstrative mourning for the...

We’ve been working this week to step away from the mindset that God expects blind, almost mindless obedience, and then we have this verse where Matthew, in fact, jumps up and...

Ever read a really good novel where everything seems to go wrong for the protagonist? Most epic novels and comic books start that way. A great person is down on their...

We all know rule-followers, those people who need to read the instruction booklet before playing a new board game, the ones who know you are required to buy or auction off...

Do you ever read scripture and say to yourself, “I could never be that obedient, even to God”? We read stories from the Old and New Testaments where the main characters...

In the beginning . . . to the end of the age. These are the first and last phrases in the first and last texts for Trinity Sunday. They hold the...