I was 7 or 8 when I tried to change my name. I thought I had that authority. After all, it was my name, wasn’t it? My given name,...

God has a sense of humor. Anyone who creates a long-necked giraffe, who stripes a horse and instills the sage grouse with the most...

Hagar ran away. You would have, too. She was tired of Sara's taunts and sarcasm. She was tired of no compassion. She was tired of no...

Control is a risky partner. When we are in charge and try to secure something we want or need; it feels right, deserved, and perfectly...

I started my day as usual with a cup of coffee and devotional reading. I went to my desk to begin my writing day. Then everything went...

I needed a back-up plan in 2003. Lisa had been transported by ambulance from Centralia, Washington to a Seattle hospital better prepared...

What do you do when someone or some-thing has control over your life? We’ve felt this angst with the Pandemic. Even if we did everything...

What do you do when life is out of control? I don’t know about you, but I get testy, which is just a polite word for cranky. I don’t want...

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...

What difference does the resurrection of Jesus make in our lives? We know the story. We reviewed it at Easter. But do we know its...

I remember when my mother charged me with impossible tasks, especially the one called “Clean your room.” I grew up a messy, so I could...

Lockdown. That’s what we’ve been experiencing during this pandemic. We’ve sustained an uncomfortable and unnatural lockdown of...

Does it surprise you that Jesus’ resurrected body had scars? Thomas gives us this peek into this resurrection fact. A visual learner, no...

Locked doors don’t keep Jesus out! The disciples found that out. They had locked themselves in a room. They were trapped, but it wasn’t...

How many times have we suffered from half-finished stories? We take what we can see to be the whole story. We let unanswered questions...

Light walked out of a dark tomb on Resurrection Sunday. Light! It was a sunrise for the ages! Revolutionary light! Life-giving Light. We...

Have you ever eavesdropped on someone’s private prayer for you? The closest I ever came was seeing my name written in my mother’s Bible...

Have you ever heard a stone cry out? Me neither. But Jesus said that if we don’t use our voices to praise Him, God will give stones a...

What miraculous sign can you show us? John 2:18, NIV Journeys require signs to keep us going in the right direction. Our discipleship...

What will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account? Job 31:14, NIV Lent is something of an annual review. We...