The scene is private.  We would have seen nothing unusual if we had been visitors to the Temple that day.  A young couple brought their...

My favorite Christmas angel story is not when Mary receives her message from an angel. It is the story of Zechariah and his angel visit....

I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.  Galatians...

The angel said to [Mary], “The Lord is with you.”  Luke 1:28b The Lord will stay with you as long a you stay with !  2 Chronicles 15:2b...

Yet I hold this against you, You have forsaken the love you had at first. Revelation 2:4 I know . . . that you are neither cold nor hot....

In the last five years, we have all lost what we believed would not change. The pandemic stole a sense of reliability. We understand...

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

The Magi receive the award for the longest journey. While no one knows exactly where the Magi started, many connect their origin to...

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...

“We’re going straight through,” my father announced as he loaded two sleepy girls and too much luggage into a car that would shrink with...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and Sunday is the beginning of Advent. It feels like they run together. but maybe they should. Gratitude...

In most of the stories of Christmas, one angel comes to deliver a message. So why did the armies of heaven show up for the shepherds? Did...

God chose us before we were born. We were not left like last picks for a schoolyard team. We were valued from the beginning. But not in...

Today, our phones have become our photo albums. We take pictures of our food, our friends, our family, our vacations, and all manner of...

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And...

Heaven cries. Nature groans. Either we can’t hear it or we ignore it. Has it always been that way? Not from the beginning. God created...

Christmas is over for another year. We wear our Christmas meals in extra pounds. We’ve tried to find new homes for gifts and promise...

The Magi give me hope for every secular-minded, God-ignoring person on this planet. The Magi were God’s first clue that He sent His son...