Throw a piece of iron in water and it will sink faster than a ship with a hole in it. No one expects a hunk of iron to float to the...

Matthew 17:24-27 It was tax day in Capernaum and the tax collectors were making the rounds. Matthew, a former tax collector, tells this...

When the day was long, the crowds were overwhelming, the people demands unrelenting, Jesus refreshed himself by taking time to pray. He...

Jesus didn’t just teach about love, he loved and left us his example. However, his personification of love often went cross grain to...

Imagine those sitting on the grass as Jesus teaches. Jesus takes pieces of the Ten Commandments and uses different words to talk about...

Jesus reminded us that the way we live our lives is supposed to make people thirsty for God. It’s the potato chip response. You’ve...

Jesus showed us how to live as God created us to live. His teaching was like a mirror for our lives. And that’s how we must use the...

Do we live so far removed from the call of Jesus that we have forgotten the uniqueness of it? How personally fitted to us it is? How...

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...

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...

When I get a text or email from someone I love, I click through immediately. I want the connection. I want the update. As I read the...

Prayer should be the spiritual rhythm that structures our days. We accomplish what God wants us to do in between prayer or during it. A...

Spiritual rhythms help us grow spiritually. If I have a rhythm in place as a seamless part of my life, it helps me become more receptive...

Happy New Year to all of you! But is it, really that new? Most of us return to the same routines and responsibilities we left in the old...

I spent a frightening time in the hospital supporting our daughter one Christmas. She developed a heart infection that was on the brink...

Advent reminds us that we are waiting for more than December 25. We are waiting for the world to be made right. We are waiting for an end...