One of my favorite times during worship is the communal sharing of joys and concerns. Mixed among the earnest prayers are those that elicit a chuckle, like when individuals request prayer...

The stress of the beginning of the pandemic coupled with the normal ups and downs of life left many feeling overwhelmed, myself included. During 2021, I lost three close family members...

The book of Esther is one of only two books in the Bible that are named for women. Written in the style of a Jewish novella, it presents the story of...

The director of a college asked me to preach at a worship service designating the college a “School of Peace.” I thought about what to say so that the younger children...

When we talk about the wise or wisdom, I always remember a young lady from Sunday school who would say, “Wise is he who always knows what he does and does...

The image of a tree on the water’s edge always makes me think of times of peace. The word of God brings me to times of peace from a convulsed, violent...

When I approach this psalm I get drawn into the image of the tree planted on the banks of the river, and then I begin to daydream of an autumn or...

Many women of our time are like the woman in today’s text. They work both inside and outside their home, they take care of the children, they support their partners. In...

The disciples were hearing from Jesus things that they would never have wanted to hear. I too would have felt sadness, worry, and fear if I had been there. The disciples’...

Serving means subjecting ourselves to another by doing what they desire or request. As Jesus tries to teach his disciples a revolutionary, upside down understanding of God’s kingdom, he reaches for...