The sun slides down the back side of the day, while I sink into my lawn chair at the campground. I inhale slowly, breathing in this sweet moment of contentment next to a...
In yesterday's reflection, I noted that the Bible calls us to worship God, not just with our inner selves, but with our...
In my reflections from Sunday and Monday, I considered the command in Psalm 134 to "Lift up holy hands in prayer and...
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) left a rich and expansive legacy to this world, including the founding of a political party, a university, and his service as prime minister to the Netherlands from 1901...
When I was a boy, verses like Psalm 134 worried me. Scripture seemed to be clearly calling me and my fellow believers...
In the late 1970s, I first heard a praise song that greatly affected my understanding of worship. It began: “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised.” Though I didn’t realize it...
Pam was not called to be a teacher. In fact, she hated her student teaching requirement in college.
My rules are simple, and my rules have come from 38 years of learning, sometimes painful learning, on the job.
Christians believe that one day God will establish a new heaven and a new earth. In this age to come, God will...
If you took away the ten best days of the stock market’s history over the past 100 years, two-thirds of the cumulative...
In Ezekiel 42, the angelic being in Ezekiel's vision measures various dimensions of the temple in Jerusalem, ending with the large area outside of the temple, which was surrounded by a wall. This...
Early in my pastorate at Irvine Presbyterian Church, I stirred up a storm by what I wore—and didn't wear—when I preached. As it turned out, congregation members were impressed by what they called.....
Travel broadens our awareness; it shatters the glass boxes that hold our preconceptions—revealing just how small they were only after new experiences...
During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began...
A professor shows his class what the word "full" really means, whether it refers to a jar, a schedule, or a life.
I wake slowly, facedown, stretching my legs, cupping my toes over the end of the bed, feeling my calf muscles pull and retract. My head is lying flat, on 400 thread count white...
In yesterday's reflection, I began sharing a personal story related to the use of art in the...
"We need the community; we need each other."
In last Friday's reflection, I asked the question: Is it right to display art in places of...
“I’ve been reading this book,” I begin, and I look up just in time to catch them throw each other one of...
