Doubt can swarm like bees who have been disturbed. Doubt can tie us up in ways that make it difficult to move forward. Doubt unsettles. Where does doubt take you by the throat and strangle you? What can you do with it? Let me take you to another boat and storm story. (Matthew 14:22-31) This time Jesus isn’t in the boat. He stayed back for time to pray on the mountain. But he was watching. Recognizing that his disciples were going to need some help when a vicious storm ro

Jesus asked questions. He asked them of his listeners, his debaters, his disciples. They weren’t detours or delay tactics. They were issue oriented. They went to the core of some misunderstanding or need. They gave an opportunity to take a new step of growth and belief. Sometimes we look at Jesus’ answers and forget to study his questions. For the next few weeks, I want to examine some of those questions. The first one is a question that continues to haunt me from a storm

Sometimes I see myself too well in scripture, and not where I would like. I would like to be the little boy who brought the basket of fish and bread to Jesus, or one of the servants at the wedding who filled the barrels with water without complaining or the Roman officer who knew Jesus could heal his servant with just a word. Instead I find myself in the stories of the fearful, questioning, logical ones whose awkward tries to understand Jesus gave Him an opportunity to teach

Ever since making our first pilgrimage to Israel and Jerusalem, I see the story of Jesus with different eyes. That's why I've decided to re-post some previous blogs and share some new ones as I take a deliberate, reflective, and heart-changing journey to the hill and the stone cave that changed all our lives. For me, the journey must start in Nazareth where Jesus grew up. I imagine little boy Jesus playing with his friends here, learning Hebrew at synogogue, shadowing his ca