Experiencing the presence of God during good times is a celebration, a fiesta. When we have and enjoy more than we need, particularly after difficult times, it is easier to sense...

Parables always present us with interesting opportunities to find spiritual sustenance in historical and sometimes archaic renderings of stories. Sometimes there seems to be little logical resolution to the story. At...

My dear friend and their spouse tend to a colony of bees on their Indiana farmland and annually they harvest honey from their bees. While they sell many jars of honey...

On a cold winter day, I awakened to a house that was as cold inside as it was outside. When I went to check the thermostat, it did not register any...

I have a friend who has sojourned with alcoholism for roughly sixty years; thirty of those years my friend has celebrated being sober. This sense of sobriety has consumed our global...

Recently I was in my university office when a student frantically came in asking if I had a moment to listen. It is not out of the ordinary for students to...

Have you ever tried to put together a piece of furniture that comes in many precut pieces with tiny bags of hardware and an instruction guide full of graphics with minimal...

I’ve generally never been one for tolerating a lot of noise. While my son seems to find refuge in playing his guitar and singing boisterously at any given moment, I generally...

The hymn by Brian Wren entitled “This Is the Day of New Beginnings” reminds us that each new day is an opportunity to hope for the future God makes available to...

The prophet Jeremiah is a perfect example of how to resolve in one’s heart and mind that tomorrow will be different, that it will be a new day. At the time...