The other day, I failed my first driving test. I had gone to the testing center fully prepared. Two of my friends had taught me how to drive, and I had...

In 2014, my son was in the hospital for an extended period. It was wintertime, and the coldness and dreariness of the season seemed magnified by our circumstance and surroundings. But...

While gardening one day, I found a plant that seemed to have died. I was about to dig it out when I noticed its one tiny green shoot. Perhaps I should...

When I was baptized at age 38, I thought I would change immediately for the better as a result of my choice to become a Christian: I would always be patient...

The day after my father died, I took my 86-year-old mother to buy groceries. The store was very crowded with people in a hurry. On our way to the checkout counter,...

Recently I had the opportunity to explore Yellowstone National Park with a small group of educators. One evening, as we walked single-file through dense woods, one of the guides signaled for...

Curious, four-year-old Sarah peeped around the open door of the vestry where some of us sat chatting, waiting for the pre-church prayer meeting to begin. Suddenly her face lit up with...

After my wife of 60 years died in October 2016, I began reading several books about how to handle grief. One story from a medical center indicated that shedding tears is...

Harvesting wild blackberries is not easy. They ripen in the heat of the summer in places with little shade. If you don’t go out when they are ripe, you won’t find...

When I stop to think about it, one of my favorite psalms can also feel a bit scary. In Psalm 139, David talks about how God sees everything and is everywhere....