Have you ever watched a pet dog or cat snooze on the couch? Periodically, the animal will haul herself up to her feet, clicky-clack or pitter-pat to the next room over,...

For the apostle Paul in this passage, losing everything was how he gained righteousness. He achieved perfection by letting go, by giving up. Everything he has gained, he lets go of...

Theories are well and good and deserve our attention, but they should never obscure the flesh and blood of human beings in front of us. The “other” stands before us and...

A path in the sea does not calm the waters. A way in the wilderness does not tame the beasts. Rivers appear in the desert, but the desert does not end....

Not all pain is meaningful, but all pain is redeemable. The pain we experience eventually appears hand-in-hand with joy. They are not strangers. They are not enemies. They are twins, born...

Often when exploring this parable, emphasis is placed on the lesson(s) learned by the younger son about the unending love of the father. Some interpretations focus on the actions of the...

People grumble. They grumble about political decisions. Pastors often hear grumbling about hymns chosen for the church service. Some pastors even grumble about their congregation. Our daughter, Linda, came in from...

Juanita had just returned from a department store and was obviously steaming when she stormed into my office. “How can a woman six feet tall be invisible?” she asked. Clerks had...

The manna stopped! The Israelites saw no more of the mysterious white substance that fed them during their wilderness trek. After crossing the Jordan, they produced food from the land God...

Years ago while hiking above the tree line in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado I faced an unanticipated challenge. I had hiked on the Appalachian Trail where tree blazes mark the...