Biblical prophecy, including prophecy about Christ’s Second Coming, isn’t about predictions and signs that might tell us when a prediction will come true. Prophecy is alive. It's meant to be... read more →
Sometimes losses stack up one on top of another. Each loss takes away a little something of us and leaves us hollowed out. Things that are hollow are more fragile.... read more →
In a time when there is much anger and division it is tempting to isolate ourselves and insulate our hearts. C. S. Lewis cautions us to choose vulnerability and love... read more →
Green pastures are a gift from God. They are sculpted out of earth and sky to be places that still our hearts and minds. They are formed by people sent... read more →
The poet R.S. Thomas writes about Michelangelo's fresco The Creation of Adam which is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In the fresco, Adam reaches toward God who is already reaching toward... read more →
Nicodemus first visits Jesus in the dark of night as he does not want to be seen with Jesus. But the encounter with Jesus changes Nicodemus. In the end, he... read more →
Jesus says he is the vine, we are the branches, and God is the one with the pruning shears. God pruning us sounds painful. I don’t think that pruning is... read more →
Frederick Buechner describes faith as “not being sure where you're going, but going anyway.” In times of doubt, we don’t come to a full stop. We continue on. When we... read more →
During Lent, we try to stay at the cross and not jump ahead to the empty tomb, but it is impossible to separate the two. The cross has a purpose.... read more →
The heavenly sometimes presses into the earthly. The Kingdom of God is sometimes found on earth. Beauty in words, song, art, nature, tends to put us in mind of Heaven... read more →