As a United Methodist preacher’s kid, most of my childhood was spent moving around a lot. I attended three different middle schools, two different high schools and lived in two different...

A few years ago my wife and I were looking for a new home. We enlisted a real estate agent who set up appointments and guided us as we visited a...

My wife and I are “swim parents.” Our oldest son is the swimmer in the family. Most of our weekends are spent in stuffy, non-air conditioned, chlorine-smelling gymnasiums surrounded by hundreds...

I have a peculiar diet. I cannot eat red meat or pork products, and I am severely lactose intolerant. As a result, I often prefer eating out at restaurants over visiting...

I am a lover of all things jazz and grew up playing first the alto and then tenor saxophone. The first time I told my uncle, who also loved jazz, that...

Already it’s a new week. A new season of the Christian year (again). In this season of Epiphany, we will move between God speaking, first at the Baptism of the Lord...

God likes to do things by sending us another way. Ancient Israel had long expected a glorious reign of a promised king from the line of David. But for most of...

We return to Paul on the road to Ephesus and his encounter with the disciples who are so close to getting it right. In proper Paul fashion, Paul gathers them in,...

Today’s reading shows that Paul did more than start new churches; he also brought people into full understanding of the gospel. Before going out to create a new community, Paul met...

It’s midweek already. We began with God’s voice and God’s promises. Today the psalmist assigns words for our voice. The best vantage point for hearing the philosophy of this generation is...