I’ll confess that there were times in the last 30 years when I probably listened more to Joni than to Jesus.
The life and ethic portrayed in the gospels for followers of Jesus has always been counter-cultural. It always will be counter-cultural. And...
Almost every parent can tell stories about the things they have learned from their children. Sure, kids are messy and loud and try our patience. But children also clearly have the gift of innocent...
He used a device on a tripod and I had no idea how in the world it worked. That was his department...
There is an old song we used to sing in church - "Count Your Blessings." I used to think it was a bit sugary and sweet. In real life, telling someone to count...
Today's stories focus on families that are experiencing this season of extended contrition and contemplation that reminds us who God is. Last week, Ed Cyzewski reminded us that Lent brings “an opportunity to...
The most recent of my daughter’s many career incarnations is an astronaut, courtesy of a thirty-second newscast of the most recent space shuttle launch that somehow made it onto our DVR. I would...
I remember reading in the late 1980s that because of computers and their productivity we were entering a world of limitless free time, a calm and creative age.
But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?"
After Jesus was arrested, he was taken to the home of the high priest, where he was interrogated by Jewish leaders from...
I don’t know about you, but my first response to this section of Jesus’ sermon is one of considerable uneasiness.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified ... for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
"We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come!”
“As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For, he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped...
The Gospel can sound crazy and nuts, giving anyone reason to reject it.
I have the tendency to ask my loved ones to pay attention to all the great things I’m doing.
Jesus used this healing to demonstrate that his cleanliness is more powerful than her uncleanliness.
I have heard miracles described not as things that should not be, but instead as revealing the way things should be.
