Psalm 23 is familiar to most churchgoers. Read aloud on some of the most somber of occasions, it reflects the believer’s spiritual journey here on earth as well as one’s future...

Can we boldly proclaim as Peter does, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved”...

Jesus the Good Shepherd is a shepherd of second chances, as evidenced in today’s scripture reading. The setting in which Peter and John find themselves is reminiscent of Jesus’ earlier inquest...

I recently found a journal that I had kept daily for the first five years of my son Julian’s life. During that period of time, his younger brother Britton was born,...

I recently spent time babysitting a darling two-year-old and was amazed at how many things she put into her mouth. It started with her toys. It was as if she had...

I have always marveled at what a great father my dad was, especially considering that he had such a difficult childhood. His parents were neglectful and drank way too much. At...

I was recently looking at Facebook, and a beautiful picture of one of my childhood friends popped up in my feed. She looked great and had hardly changed a bit. As...

One Lenten season, during children’s church, we began practicing contemplative prayer. We would sit still for one minute and just “be” in the presence of God. At first, it was difficult;...

When my grandson was five years old, he had already figured out how to use my phone better than I could! His favorite part of my phone was voice command. He...

When we were babies, we had no shame about crying for help. We can't remember it, but when we were hungry, we cried out. When we had wet our diapers and...