In the days of this scripture, important news was shared by runners who ran from one post to the next, sharing the happenings in one location with important people in another...

On this year’s longest night, Matthew brings us into the conscious and unconscious wrestling with decisions. Jesus’ beginning story is full of seemingly impossible situations: Mary is pregnant by the Holy...

Everyone has beginning stories—stories of birth, stories of firsts, stories of momentous events that sparked new life and new directions. We can notice our beginning stories. We can notice our community’s...

Let’s review. This call to share good news far and wide is rooted in generations upon generations of prophets, supported by sacred texts and authoritative interpretations. This good news is deeply...

Get me through this and I’ll learn. I promise. I’ll never turn away again. Notice the pleading, calculations, and desperation. When have you scraped through, running on fumes, promising that this...

Today’s text cries for deep, sustaining relief in a long season of loss. Such relief allows for more than one deep breath; it calls for a snack and a restorative nap...

In the search for deep knowledge, you’ll notice signs and wonders if you know how to look. Look closer! In this expectant season, we are called to linger in noticing, to...

God has been speaking. God is still speaking. Are the people listening? Are you listening? God has been sending signs. God is still sending signs. Are the people noticing them? Are...

I grew up in South Korea with my grandparents who had a homestead and some land to garden. Each season, my grandmother transplanted little sprouts she purchased from the local nursery,...

Mary became a mother out of wedlock as a teenage girl from a small town called Galilee. She probably felt pressure from every direction, so much so that she left her...