I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.  Job 42:6b, NLT While the world expresses love in extravagant ways on Valentine’s Day, we...

The blind man's response to Jesus question is leading me into Lent this year. You remember the story.  Jesus is on the outskirts of...

Jesus had just finished private conversations with his disciples about the tumultuous times they must endure. He used the story of the...

You know the stories of the the poor widow widow's gift and Mary's extravagant gift. We don't usually read them together because of...

What does it take to wake you up? What do you miss when you live in that twilight zone between sleepy and wakefulness? Jesus took Peter,...

The convicting truth we learn from Jesus is that we always have enough time to do God’s will. What did Jesus do with the time he had? He...

David asked for God to examine his heart in Psalm 139 when he asked God to search me. It made sense because God already knew what was...

What activities and habits prevent you from hearing God? The best way to address this is with the spiritual practice of fasting. Too...

If this journey to Easter is anything it is a journey to appreciate the difference that the breath of God makes in our lives. Without the...

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...