The immediacy of Mark has always been startling to me. With no birth story to ease us into the life of Jesus, we are thrown right in with a wild character...

Yesterday we read Paul’s words to the Corinthians urging them to put our time here on earth into perspective in the light of Christ. Today we turn to the Psalms for...

I was in the passenger’s seat of my friend’s red, late 90s Pontiac Grand Prix when he ran a red light and pulled directly into oncoming traffic, resulting in another vehicle...

Between my nephews and my own children, I have been blessed to be a part of a birthing team five times. On five separate occasions, I have been handed the scissors...

Twice a year every year—usually around New Year’s Day and then again at the beginning of summer—I get this bold idea that I am going to start working out and get...

As a United Methodist preacher’s kid, most of my childhood was spent moving around a lot. I attended three different middle schools, two different high schools and lived in two different...

A few years ago my wife and I were looking for a new home. We enlisted a real estate agent who set up appointments and guided us as we visited a...

My wife and I are “swim parents.” Our oldest son is the swimmer in the family. Most of our weekends are spent in stuffy, non-air conditioned, chlorine-smelling gymnasiums surrounded by hundreds...

I have a peculiar diet. I cannot eat red meat or pork products, and I am severely lactose intolerant. As a result, I often prefer eating out at restaurants over visiting...

I am a lover of all things jazz and grew up playing first the alto and then tenor saxophone. The first time I told my uncle, who also loved jazz, that...