The book of Nehemiah opens with a "state of the union"-like assessment of Israel following Babylonian captivity. The bedraggled remnant is in a state of "great affliction and reproach" and "the...
Matt Milam II posted this fantastic video over at his highcallingblogs site. (Matt is also on blogger.) Matt and his folks are spending the summer having church in the Blue Sky Cathedral. I...
[Jesus said] Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up...
When Moses and Aaron once again approached Pharaoh in order to seek release for the Israelites, Pharaoh asked for a miraculous sign. So Aaron threw his staff down on the ground and it...
I had a pile of birthday cards, thank you notes, and some important business mail bundled up for the post office one...
In Exodus 7, we learn the ages of Moses and Aaron when God used them to set his people free from slavery in Egypt. “Moses was eighty years old,” it says, “and Aaron...
You've completed the applications, uploaded the resumes, phoned everyone you know, and are now calling down a list of new people you...
I grew up in the '70s and '80s when parents still told their kids to go outside and play. My friends and I would spend all day in the yard. When we got...
After Moses’ initial conversation with Pharaoh, the cruel tyrant punished the Israelites by increasing the difficulty of their work. When Moses complained to the Lord, God reassured him, promising...
Twelve years ago, ornamental horticulturist Bruce Neary got the news no valued employee wants. He was being laid off. His employer, a...
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God." But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent...
When our country faces a national crisis or a market crash, we can let our fears and anxieties overwhelm our courage.
In Exodus 5, Moses and Aaron approached Pharaoh, asking that he give the Israelites a short reprieve from their work so that they might hold a festival to honor the Lord. Predictably, Pharaoh...
"I'm Brennan. I'm an alcoholic.I'm a Catholic.I was a priest, but am no longer a priest. I was a married man but...
In February 2003, Evelyn Husband lost the love of her life. Her husband, Rick, was on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Minutes before landing, it disintegrated, and everyone on board died. In the...
Undeniably, there are times when obeying God is hard, times when we’d much rather follow our own will than his. Even Jesus knew that experience as he wrestled with his Father’s will in...
In Psalm 39, David ponders the meaning of life in light of his suffering. He considers how short life can be (v. 5) and how readily we fill it with emptiness. “We are...
When Moses returned to Egypt with his brother Aaron as his communications director, he called together the elders of Israel. Aaron reported on all that the Lord had said to Moses, and Moses backed...
We live in the age of awareness. The world feels smaller, its problems are clearer, and its solutions—so they seem—are more manageable...
The other day, I was reading a best-selling author's advice on how to keep a co-worker's incompetence from damaging your reputation: "Take him down publicly," the self-proclaimed expert advised, "a...
