In December 2021, I was blessed to participate in a Kava ceremony for the dedication of a new cooperative parish in the Las Vegas area called Pasifika: a United Methodist Community....

Our desire as humans to find a place to belong can lead us down the wrong path. The church in Galatia isn’t so different from many churches today. A group called...

We’ve all met people who do not reap what they sow. The young father who has never smoked a cigarette, eats organic food, and runs marathons dies of aggressive lung cancer....

Ten years ago while serving in the Peace Corps, I had the opportunity to travel to Egypt and climb to the top of Mt. Sinai to watch the sunrise. I spent...

Sometimes our assumptions get the better of us. The king of Israel receives a letter from the king of Aram, who has recently beaten him in battle. The letter explains that...

Naaman had it all, almost. He was a successful army commander who had a wife, servants, and the respect of the king. But he also suffered from leprosy. So when he...

Jesus makes it very clear in this passage that following him is an all-consuming task and that not everyone is up to it. Using three would-be followers of Jesus as examples,...

As followers of Christ, Paul encourages us to live according to the Spirit rather than according to the self that is under the power of sin, the flesh. In his list...

Jesus’ act of “set[ting] his face to go to Jerusalem” marks a turning point in Luke’s Gospel as the disciples realize exactly what might be required of them in following Jesus....

The story of Elijah and Elisha contains scriptural resonances that echo forward and backward through the Bible and Christian teaching. The crossing of the Jordan, first by Elijah and then by...