Not all pain is meaningful, but all pain is redeemable. The pain we experience eventually appears hand-in-hand with joy. They are not strangers. They are not enemies. They are twins, born...

Often when exploring this parable, emphasis is placed on the lesson(s) learned by the younger son about the unending love of the father. Some interpretations focus on the actions of the...

People grumble. They grumble about political decisions. Pastors often hear grumbling about hymns chosen for the church service. Some pastors even grumble about their congregation. Our daughter, Linda, came in from...

Juanita had just returned from a department store and was obviously steaming when she stormed into my office. “How can a woman six feet tall be invisible?” she asked. Clerks had...

The manna stopped! The Israelites saw no more of the mysterious white substance that fed them during their wilderness trek. After crossing the Jordan, they produced food from the land God...

Years ago while hiking above the tree line in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado I faced an unanticipated challenge. I had hiked on the Appalachian Trail where tree blazes mark the...

Verses 8-9 of this psalm are written as a direct address from God to the reader or hearer. The phrase “with my eye upon you” evokes in me images of a...

The youth traveled overnight to begin a weeklong trek in the Appalachian Mountains. Their first day on a trail was short, but the afternoon temperatures were warm for that two-mile slog...

Jesus tells the story of a man who planted a fig tree in his vineyard but found it without fruit for three years. Frustrated, he decides to cut it down, but...

As followers of Jesus, we want our lives to reflect his sacrificial love and draw people in to know him. However, we are human. We sin. We cause rifts in relationships....