I remember what it was like trying to teach my children how to walk. I’d ease them up onto wobbly legs—gently holding and guiding them...

I learned to drive in Michigan—which means I learned how to drive in the snow. I also learned what it means to lose control of the car on...

Everybody I know feels stuck. Life seems to be on hold. We can’t move forward. And we can’t go back. We tarry here in the in-between....

Living alone has its ups and its downs. And the downs fell hard last week. With the whole sheltering-in-place in isolation, plus being...

My boss is a marked man. But he’s not the only one. He’s sporting a mark across his nose . . . from wearing a mask. It’s a sign of our...

I’ve been doing a lot more walking these days. I think that’s the case for many of us. It’s one of the few places we can go. I headed out...

There was once a musical called Stop the World I Want To Get Off. I’ve never watched it. But I’ve got to be honest with you, folks. That...

In these days of cancellations and unfamiliar isolation, we find it necessary to look for ways to battle the real enemies of...

To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...

It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub...

“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...

Job, a suffering servant of God, in the depths of anguish of flesh, mind and spirit, proclaimed: “And after my skin has been destroyed,...

Realization pierced the thick fog—permitting light to stream and flood. This realization came about by asking myself one simple question,...

"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name...

Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of...

What’s brewing around you today, friend? Do you find yourself in the middle of a storm—feeling like there’s no one there to drop anchor?...

It was the last e-mail she ever expected to get. You know–you’ve likely gotten one yourself. That gut-wrenching, heart-breaking,...

Headlights—they come in varying degrees of brightness and hues these days. Whether they’re coming at you dead-on or glaring from the...

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor,...

Though ancient, these words from the prophet Isaiah sound all too familiar to our modern experience: So justice is far from us, and...