Memorial Day is a day to remember. We have been making it a part of our lives since 1868! We remember those who paid the ultimate...

If confession is good for the soul, why is there so little of it? Is it because we can’t stand to see ourselves in a bad way? Do we plead...

Give me your hearts. Come with fasting…Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead. Joel 2:12-13, NLT The call...

Do you remember the childhood rhyme: Ring around the rosie, Pocketful of posies Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down! While there is...

Could there be any better way to address the tumultuous times we have been through and are still living than to take a prayerful journey...

Christmas is over for another year. We wear our Christmas meals in extra pounds. We’ve tried to find new homes for gifts and promise...

The Magi give me hope for every secular-minded, God-ignoring person on this planet. The Magi were God’s first clue that He sent His son...

We don’t know much about Mary’s mother except that she had one. There are several ways to interpret the silence.. Maybe she had died...

We don’t make much of Joseph. He comes into the first Christmas scene only briefly. He was engaged to Mary and obeyed an angel in a dream...

Underneath the story of Christmas that we celebrate every year is another story. It is a story of waiting as long and as misunderstood as...

May Christmas remind you how far God came just for you. While the story is simple, the message is profound and life-changing. God broke...

If Advent teaches us anything, it is that waiting is the introduction to God’s best gifts. The stories of waiting in the Bible reveal...

Startle me out of my complacency, God, this and every day. Dec 4 reading from The Daily Feast. Are we so used to the story of Christmas...

I love a decorated house. Getting it there, is another story. No matter how I store, organize or try to schedule; decorating the house...

We need more gratitude in this world. It is an oil for relationship that heals and calms. It is a telescope that sees the world in bright...

Are we a nation God can bless or are we losing our status as a “one nation under God?” Some would say that our nation is better off...

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. We have made it a day for sharing cards, chocolate, flowers, and making expensive dining reservations....