The events following Passover Friday made one believe evil had won. But the glorious events of Resurrection Sunday proved that light does...

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee” (Mark 14:28 NIV). Jesus, in speaking to His disciples prior to His death,...

Have you ever wrestled with something so hard, that it leaves you completely spent? While I’ve never been strapped into a straitjacket...

A post for my friends @ Renew.org When church life changes because of situations out of our control, how can we use the season as an...

On Saturday mornings I have the great pleasure and true honor of meeting with a small group of sister disciples. We are blessing one...

“I just don’t understand.” I uttered those words dozens of times, those closing months of 2021. But who could count? (Except possibly my...

I don’t know your reaction to a video clip of a mud slide or an avalanche. But for me, it’s sheer horror! To have the ground upon which...

The tick of the clock groans, as the old year runs out of time. I echo its groaning. As does all of creation—as it awaits its deliverance...

Where do you want to go when bad things happen? That place for me is home. When the day has been rough, and you feel a bit beaten up by...

Safely home, I opened the hatch, only to find groceries strewn across the back of the car. I had suspected as much. All the clattering...

They say repetition is a good thing. I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that statement. But there are conditions . . . limits....

I am in the process of dismantling my house. I say “house” because it no longer resembles the home I assembled those many years ago. It’s...

Since we are looking deeply into how to walk with the Lord, and since we are His disciples living under the new covenant, let’s now turn...

Our family was a hiking family. We would regularly set out in search of a good trail whenever time allowed. On the familiar trails we...

Have you ever attempted to walk across a path with holes in the pavers . . . in high heels? Or maybe you’ve tried to navigate, still in...

Occupied by many challenges, what was it young Timothy needed to know most? The urging of his mentor likely mimicked what Paul himself...

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven...

Forty days counted out past Resurrection Sunday is a day marked for remembrance. Remembrance of the day, ages ago, when the Son of God...

I had recently been digging through decades of family memorabilia and came across several of my old journals. And since I wasn’t in any...

My latest essay for Renew.org... Greater than the return of the hobbits to the Shire, greater than Dorothy waking in Kansas, even greater...