In the musical Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton asks her husband, Alexander, to acknowledge the joy of simply being alive in the moment with one another. She wants him to be content because...

We continue the story with Paul and Silas who are now imprisoned for their unwavering commitment to spreading the gospel. Rather than feeling defeated or giving up hope, they wait patiently...

The story of Paul and Silas being sent to prison focuses on the actions of Paul and the anger of the enslavers. Yet within this story exists a girl possessed by...

We started the week considering the opportunities we’ve had to provide something needed by another. Coming full circle, we now consider the times we have been on the receiving end. At...

Have you ever been the recipient of impulsive or unexpected hospitality? When I was a young English teacher in Taiwan, a mother of two helped rescue my credit card from a...

Every Wednesday during the school year, my divinity school hosted a service in the small chapel on campus. It was a sparsely-attended affair all fall and winter until we got to...

Most of us like attention, even crave it; to be beheld can be a powerful experience, especially if we perceive the beholder as someone whose attention is discriminating and hard to...

Check out Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel paintings. They are late-medieval imaginings of the story from Genesis 11, when humanity attempts to scale heaven. This becomes the origin story for the...

Perhaps you’ve had this experience: In a dilemma, the right choice presents itself because the other options have become impossible. Before Paul’s night vision of the Macedonian pleading for help, the...

In my years of ministry, I’ve often felt that I don’t really know what I’m doing in the big picture. Perhaps you’ve felt this way too. But then, unexpectedly, I’ll meet...