If you were to imagine an ideal world, what would that look like?   I think we hear its melody in this video from this year’s Super Bowl:...

And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they...

The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were...

Whenever I visit my daughter and her family, I quickly (and easily) get lost in my grandson’s world.

It’s a dreadful halt when a door you’ve been striving toward is slammed shut in your face.

New Year’s Eve straddles this existential precipice where people look back over the past year and also into the new year ahead.

Play to listen How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who...

The Day of Atonement, ordained by God for observance by the tribes of Israel, spans from sunset Sunday until sunset Monday this year. On the

How are the tenses of this abundant life we live in Christ to be viewed? (And I’m not referring to stress!) There are those who say,...

I have filled my Christmas season this year with contemplations of the Christ and His Bride. I’ve thought about the love Jesus has for...

There is a lot of speculation about the survival of the church (coming from both internal and external sources). People talk. And...

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee” (Mark 14:28 NIV). Jesus, in speaking to His disciples prior to His death,...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did...

The tick of the clock groans, as the old year runs out of time. I echo its groaning. As does all of creation—as it awaits its deliverance...

Occupied by many challenges, what was it young Timothy needed to know most? The urging of his mentor likely mimicked what Paul himself...

Forty days counted out past Resurrection Sunday is a day marked for remembrance. Remembrance of the day, ages ago, when the Son of God...

My latest essay for Renew.org... Greater than the return of the hobbits to the Shire, greater than Dorothy waking in Kansas, even greater...

While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and...

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the...

Her green eyes pooled with tears as she tried to choke out the truthful words, "I'm dying." A lack of understanding, topped with fear,...