One of my favorite scripture verses is found in the Book of Psalms. I have to admit that it became one of my favorites after I first heard/read it through the lens of Eugene Peterson’s redeemed imagination in The Message. Oh! Teach us to live well! Teach us to live wisely and well!  Psalm 90:12 MSG. Thus, this kind of begs the question, “ How wisely and well have I lived these precious days of life – so far – O God?” Well, as it is for me in my 16 years of ministry and almost

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.   John 13:35  Though many 21st-century Christians are drawn towards the BIG and sparkly manifestations of church, history tells us that the followers of Jesus displaced the Empire of Rome and ushered it to the human kingdom graveyard through the simple power of AGAPE (unconditional, Christ-empowered) LOVE. The Church, which quietly and without violence ushered The Roman Empire to the app

Then, in the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a deserted place, and there he prayed. Simon and his companions went in search of him, and when they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”   Mark 1:35   In his book,  The Last Lecture,  Randy Pausch shares with the world the challenges and blessings of being a husband, parent, and professor, all while battling pancreatic cancer. He offers the following insights tha

Give thanks to the Lord because he is good, because his faithful love lasts forever. Let Israel say it: “God’s faithful love lasts...

I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.   Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one...

When he (Jehu) left there, he met Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him; he greeted him, and said to him, ‘Is your heart as true to...

Traditions are a wonderful part of our lives. The Broadway song from Fiddler on the Roof  reminds us that traditions keep us balanced and...

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world...

The story of Jesus’ death cuts to the core. His resurrection is a miraculous gift that words just can’t encapsulate. What was it like to...

During the month of March, we moved into the season in the church year we call Lent. These are the days leading up to Easter, mirroring...

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh...

Eric’s Ethereal Cereal   Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means...

What a gift it is to live together in community. What a challenge it is to live together in community. I find that both of these...

One of my favorite scripture verses is found in the Book of Psalms. I have to admit that it became one of my favorites after I first...

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life (John...

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.  (Psalm 121:8 AMPC)   In her book,  Night...

“… Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;...

It is interesting what we can discover about a person by listening carefully to their last spoken words. For example, John Wesley –...

3 The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone...

…we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know....