The powerful prophet Elijah has just defeated the prophets of Baal. Yet when Queen Jezebel threatens his life, he flees to the desert in fear and despair. Elijah, who stood with...

There are moments when we each yearn for God’s presence. Spiritual thirst is a common human experience. We can find comfort in knowing that God is always able to quench our...

Psalm 42 reminds us that we have the freedom to be honest with ourselves and with God. The psalmist’s words invite us to reflect on the importance of sharing our true...

When Wisdom yells, “My cry is to all who live,” she is breathing divine grace to us. That grace is wisdom. Wisdom is a divine attribute of God. Wisdom does not...

The Spirit of truth, the Advocate that Jesus promises to send, is a presence we can trust. The Holy Spirit functions as a bridge of communication between God and humankind, and...

I am an only child. My parents constantly joked that “if we had more kids, we would have gotten the child we actually deserved,” because I was, in their words, an...

Wisdom calls out to us, her people. From her vantage point at the town gate, she sees the frustrations and difficulties of her community, and she empathizes with them. I experience...

In times of great turmoil, I feel the presence of God. Not everyone does, and I think this is because we as human beings are often distracted by our own pain....

When I am really excited about something, I can’t sit still. I become so invested in what I am passionate about that I cannot stop talking about it. When I began...

The psalmist compliments “the work of [God’s] fingers” in verse 3, and I envision the first quilt I made. While not as majestic as the heavens or the stars and moon,...