I have a job many people might envy. No one day is ever like another. Every day is filled with crises, activities, meetings, hallway discussions, frantic phone calls, and about 400 emails.
At one time or another, most of us have asked the question, “What should I study if I want good work?”
Have you ever been reading along in a good novel when, for a few days or weeks, your attention was called elsewhere...
The Apostle Peter’s first letter was written to believers in what is now Asia Minor, or Turkey. We don’t precisely know what they were experiencing, but the sense is that they were suffering.....
Don’t give up on your dreams. As hard as life gets, it will be the dreams that God has put in your life that will keep you going. God will send people into...
It was the day before Father’s Day a few years ago and I was planting flowers in the bare spots in the garden. I knelt in the garden alongside our garage, moving the...
The ending of the Gospel of Mark presents multiple mysteries. Most English Bibles print several options for the concluding verses of Mark 16, usually with notes that explain the manuscript evidence.
The new Executive Director called half the staff into the conference room. We all waited for her to speak, and when she did, our hearts rose and sank almost in the same moment...
Dear You, ...
For a while, every time the phone rang during the months of August and September, I got a knot in my stomach...
Don't hold me to this. Or, maybe, hold me to it. I don't know. What I know is the visit to Ferguson...
This summer has felt turbulent. The violence and unrest around the world have kept me up at night praying, and aching. ...
Ferguson broke my heart. Broke my heart in pieces … a trail of crumbs leading to a rose lined road. I left...
You will almost die. Just wanted you to know.
Dear Glynn, ...
On our first night in Ferguson, we talked with Captain Ronald Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Captain Johnson was appointed...
In my last reflection, I focused on the women who were faithful to Jesus even as he was crucified. Their example stood in contrast to that of the male disciples who deserted Jesus.
Before Christ died, Peter did the “unthinkable.” He rejected Jesus. He denied any personal association with "this man." Peter was not alone, of course, because all of his disciples deserted him.
I am an adult third culture kid. My first memories come from early mornings on a rooftop in the southern part of...
I was in the front row of the sanctuary, face-to-face with a woman’s raw pain, running liquid down her brown cheeks. ...
