God You are over all kingdoms and leaders. You know every heart and motive. You weave your will using people and processes we protest. We...

I love beautiful gardens. I see the beauty, but not the plan behind it. I wish I could grow something besides straggling stems and yellow...

A friend gave me an orchid. It was the kind that sends out a long arching bough to hold its purple flowers as if hanging on a clothesline...

Our Father, You see Your world in crazy chaos and implosion.

I think we all went into our COVID-19 corners thinking this too shall pass. We're looking for purpose. But are we looking for growth?

We're waiting . . . and while we wait, we adapt.

Peace in a Pandemic: Part 3 When Jesus is our focus, peace comes from Him. I hope you are discovering that peace isn't something we make ...

When peace is msssing in our life, struggle and stress preoccupy.

What pushes peace aside to make you fearful, stressed, or struggling? I’ve been thinking a lot about the peace Jesus promised in these da...

Why do we believe that we can plot our way, goal set to a finely accomplished life, and edit out the inconveniences and challenges that get

The first time I heard the term, new normal, was after 9-11/

How many weeks have we sheltered in place?

I remember when I had the mumps. My painful, swollen jaw along with the fever that made me feel miserable was bad enough. What I hated w...

It looks like small talk after the Passover meal. Jesus and his disciples talk while the women clear the table and set the room right. ...

Perhaps the only invited participant on Palm Sunday was a donkey. A halting, hee-hawing, stubborn donkey. This was no accidental bystan...

The history of April Fool’s Day is debatable; the practice is not. People enjoy playing harmless jokes and pranks to catch someone in a ...

They were blind. Dark is all they saw. However, there was nothing wrong with their hearing. They knew that Jesus, the Healer, was near....

We shun the practice of bowing before sculptured idols and leaving some payment or tribute. We know there is no heartbeat in a statue, n...

Our world is starving for in-person holiness. Everybody’s different truths collide. The general belief that there is no absolute truth ...

God is not a stranger to our mishaps in love. He sees every rejection, every betrayal, every argument, every separation. He longs for u...