At first glance, Exodus 3:7-8 contains great news. The Lord has seen the mistreatment of his people. He has heard their cries and knows their suffering. For this reason, he has chosen to rescue...
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Psalm 34:8 invites us to “taste and see that the LORD is good.” This leads me to wonder how I can take the psalmist up on his offer. How can I taste God...
In King Lear, Shakespeare’s Gloucester says, “I stumbled when I saw.” Newly blind, he recognizes his old way of seeing the world led to his fall from courtly power. Behind him stands the...
I want to stay with the theme “When No One Is Watching” for another day, because it touches upon a crucial issue in our time of history. In our mobile, technological society, we...
Surely in the story of Moses' killing of the brutal slave master we see some of his honorable qualities, such as his loyalty to his people and his anger over injustice. But we...
When I was a boy, this story was a Sunday School favorite. After all, the main characters were children, like me. One floated in a basket that begged to be imitated with construction...
Cedar Waxwings are brownish birds with black masks and pale yellow bellies. They are frugivorous—fruit eaters. Those bellies of pale yellow are full of berries! And sometimes those berries...
Pharaoh’s attempt to squelch the flourishing of the Israelites by enslaving them and mistreating them did not work. So he devised an even harsher policy: If the Hebrew midwives helped a woman to...
I wonder how many times parents and children have played out something like the following scenario. A girl wants to go outside and play with her friends. Her mother says she has to...
A Word of ExplanationSo far in these Daily Reflections, we’ve considered Genesis, Matthew, Isaiah, and Romans. My basic pattern is to move from the Old Testament to the New Testament, back to the...
During a summer retreat at Laity Lodge in 2008, Lauren Winner sat down with one of our editors from TheHighCalling.org, Marcus Goodyear, for a conversation about spiritual practices and holistic...
I love watching football highlights. I'm not supposed to admit that, I know. It's a bit of a betrayal to women everywhere who loathe this season for the temporary widowhood it imposes.This time...
Marcus here. Featured this video today from The Jazz Theologian. And talked about it more at GoodWordEditing.com where I am tired of...
Several years ago, I was struggling to define more clearly my sense of calling. I had been serving the Lord as a pastor for many years. I loved most of my pastoral work...
We go to church not to worship church, but to worship God.
Editor's Note: In this article, Dustin Steeve refers to the upcoming Christian Web Conference. TheHighCalling.org is proud to be cosponsors of the...
