Psalm 88 aches with dark despair.
Two months ago, I purchased a Timex watch. This handsome timepiece featured INDIGLO technology, a nifty day-of-the-month indicator and, yes, a black "genuine leather upper" band. ...
When someone loses their job, they aren’t the only ones affected. Often a spouse feels the pain...
The transfiguration is one of those events during Christ’s time on earth that registered as barely more than a curiosity for me for several years. Recently, I have developed a great appreciation...
It’s Sunday evening, the third day since Jesus of Nazareth was crucified in Jerusalem.
This parable is one of the most well-known of all the stories Jesus told. It is about...
I met Lee Hough over a dozen years ago when I was trying unsuccessfully to break into the book publishing business. He served as a literary agent for one of my friends, and...
I like to call Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, Jesus’ “stay-at-home” disciples. It seems whenever he is in...
This story of the loaves and fishes is the only miracle story of Jesus found in all...
A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves...
Have you ever experienced an earthquake, a literal earthquake? If not, it's no picnic, let me tell you.
Time and again throughout the Psalms, we read the plaintive question, “How long?”
Have you ever read something Jesus taught and thought to yourself, “I don’t get it”?
Psalm 57:5 is the basis of dozens of hymns and songs of praise, and for good reason...
Psalm 56 begins with David’s cry for mercy because his enemies are attacking him. He implores the Lord to help him and to punish his opponents. Then, with striking imagery, David recognizes that...
How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing?
I didn’t grow up observing Lent, and even now our family doesn’t attend a church that emphasizes the liturgical calendar. I’ve come to understand Lent mostly through watching and learning from...
When our teenage daughter left home one night without our knowing it, it began one of the most difficult times of my...
As a graduate student, one of my responsibilities is leading discussion sections for the University’s required literature class. Usually I’m working with students who are much smarter than I, or at...
When I think of suffering, I often think of Job.
