The palms of the procession have been laid on the path; the shouts of hosanna hung in the air for a little while, but they’re nowhere to be found…and depending on which Gospel you’re...

“Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.” (Isaiah ch. 41,...

The struggle is real. As we paddle into a post-pandemic world, we’re racked with other woes: natural disasters, breaking news, tighter paychecks due to inflated costs, social tensions, troublesome political discourse, a topsy-turvy economy, and...

Mary said, “yes” to the advancement of God’s plan even though it meant the death of the way she’d dreamed life would be—even quite possibly the death of her life itself.    Joseph had...

The case can be made that no one neighbors anymore. Since no one neighbors, we’re generally shocked by the knock. Count the number of knocks you get on a monthly basis and I’ll bet...

The catch-22. Ever been caught in one? The dictionary defines a catch-22 as a situation in which one is caught or trapped by contradictory conditions: You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t...

Have you ever been weary on the road without a reservation booked, running low on energy, and running out of options? It’s one of those situations where you either find a place to crash...

Just last week, with school being out and summer work schedules subsequently getting trickier, circumstances were such that I brought Brody and Bethany with me to Thursday evening Bible Study, which is held at...

“So keep a sharp lookout, for you don’t know the timetable…stay at your post, watching. You have no idea when the homeowner is returning, whether evening, midnight, cockcrow, or morning. You don’t want him...

Examine the Jerusalem path laden with leafy branches and don’t overlook the cloaks strewn all over the place, disheveled like discounted apparel on the clearance rack of a thrift store floor. They’re the last...