When I served as a youth minister, our group went spelunking in southern Indiana. There is an extensive underground system there, so we experienced almost everything caving offers: squeezing through narrow...

Job 23 is midway through the chapters where Job’s friends offer many (unhelpful) ways for Job to understand and end his suffering. Job’s friends toss out ideas and solutions but don’t...

I love the priority Jesus places on welcoming children. In moments when I’m aware of my own failings—aware of things I’ve done and left undone that have caused harm—I find blessing...

I find it impossible to read this passage without thinking about what it means for people I know. As I read Jesus’ response to a question about divorce, I think of...

A “pioneer” of salvation, Christ shows us what the path is going to be like if we want to practice Christ-like love. There’s going to be suffering. Part of this is...

The beginning of the book of Hebrews offers us a beautiful hymn of praise to God. It reminds us of the gift of salvation we have received from our God. The...

We are invited to praise God “in the great congregation.” Faith is meant to be lived out together in community; we stand on the shoulders of generations who’ve gone before us,...

Some prayers, like “Mercy!” and “Bless you,” are easy to hear in varied contexts, pronounced in different ways and with diverse meanings. As I read Psalm 26, I wonder why this...

One of the great gifts of the book of Job is that it tells the story of an experience too many of us know all too well: Choosing to be faithful...

During March of 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led a march from his ashram to the Arabian Sea, a 240-mile journey, to make salt in defiance of the British Salt Act. The law...