What will get us through hard times? Not just a pep-talk. Not even a more positive attitude. We need awe. Awe is that instant when...

When our daughter began to lose sight, her world changed. Though she perceived light, the light itself blinded her because of the...

Soul-weariness slows me down more than physical fatigue. It attacks what I thought I believed about myself, that I can make it if I just...

No one was prepared for what Jesus did when he walked into the Temple and turned over the business tables. What was it that disturbed him...

How would we pray if we really believed God would answer? And there it is, the 2-letter word that can come between us and God just like...

Fire is merciless. When fire burns paper, wood, refuse; nothing is left but ashes. A gray, powder or fragile flake is all we see from...

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

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,...

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...

What we hold in our hearts, shapes us. That’s why God wants to make sure that everything we hold here, including what we hide, passes...

Why do we sugar-coat sin? Are we so insecure that we have exchanged rationalization for confession? David thought he could hide an ugly...

When God wants to do something new, stand back and watch a Master at work. He pairs unlimited resources with perfect timing to form...

"When someone asks, "What's new?" we immediately think of something we bought or changed. However, really new is beyond what we can buy...

When the Israelites crossed the Jordan River to enter the land God promised them, it wasn’t just about giving them new land. It was...

Someone cut down my tree. It was a beautiful crepe myrtle that bloomed in the spring with fistfuls of confetti-white blossoms. I...

How do you know when you’re thirsty? I’m not a big water-drinker. I often quip about how dehydrated my generation must have been before...

Are you a friend of the cross? It depends how you respond to surrender. Crosses make more enemies than friends. It is human nature to...

Abram sat under the stars, away from conversations with his tribal compatriots, away from management responsibilities of how to move so...