In many overwhelming times of my life, I held on to this scripture. Each season was challenging in its own way, but the major reason I clung to this scripture was...

I recently saw a news segment reporting the discovery of the world’s largest pearl. For a pearl to form, an irritant — a parasite, fish scale, or some other bit of...

This is the sixth devotional I have written for The Upper Room. The first three were rejected. It was not until the fourth that I received the much anticipated email saying,...

Growing up, I attended a large church that seemed like a thriving community with many opportunities. I had good friends at church and enjoyed the worship, but I was not maturing...

A friend of mine moved to another city, and I had not seen him in a long time. I learned from another friend that he was sick. So I sent him...

As I reflected on today’s scripture reading, I realized that we can approach our problems in two ways: we can either compare ourselves to the problem or compare the problem to...

My son, David, is learning to walk. As he stood holding on to a chair, his mother walked past him onto the balcony. David let go of the chair and started...

For 28 years, I was consumed by my career as a faculty member and department chair at a local university. As with most educators, my job didn’t end when I left...

“He’s a three-foot-tall tornado.” I seem to say that every time our two-year-old grandson comes over. He grabs things out of drawers, pulls things off of shelves, and throws almost everything...

As the Israelites made their way to the Promised Land, they faced an obstacle at the Red Sea. But because of God’s love and mercy for the Israelites, God parted the...