Loss can be a heavy burden. Whether it is unexpected and sudden or slowly and inevitably irreversible, our minds move to the desire for restoration. Yet desiring restoration can sometimes feel...

Waiting for the Lord’s help is holy work. Yet it is work that could easily make us despair if we don’t remember what it means to wait on God. The psalmist...

The prophet is looking for God who seems to be hidden. This sounds absurd, both the looking for God and the idea that God hides. But this is a common scene...

In today’s passage, we read how the Son of Man will separate the righteous from the unrighteous like a shepherd separates sheep from goats. It’s an apocalyptic passage that exposes the...

When I lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, I spent most of my free time hanging out at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. As a novice artist, I couldn’t get enough...

At the outset of the Thirty Years War, a French soldier by the name of Nicholas Herman had a profound encounter with God. After being wounded in battle, he entered a...

As I stare at a blank computer screen this morning, I’m reminded of the absence of words, sounds, smells, and images for some of us during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays....

From time to time, life pushes us toward cynicism. As the challenges take their toll, we question whether we can find peace. But we can counteract the wear and tear on...

The old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is simply not true. This idea that others’ viewpoints and comments can’t hurt us unless...