The US military is an apprentice organization. It hires personnel with the intent for senior personnel to teach them how to do specific jobs. When I was a beginner chaplain, experienced...

Our words carry meaning. When we speak our ideas, thoughts, desires, and fears, others hear them and process them for a meaning in their own lives. Sometimes this valuable exercise can...

A roof over our heads and food on our tables—that seems to be a reasonable expectation for most. And still there are those who have not or cannot realize that expectation...

With all that we see in our world today, we can grow tired and weary of the heaven and earth we experience. The thought of new heavens and a new earth...

To come alive in Christ is to understand the truth of Jesus’ resurrection and its power to awaken us to right living. This story unifies all those who seek to discipline...

Today’s psalm of praise tells us two specific and related things about God: God is near, and God is just. God is as close to us as our very next breath....

The Sadducees confront Jesus with a question that can easily transport modern readers back to the days of mathematical dilemmas: “Train A is traveling 70 miles per hour. It leaves the...

This psalm speaks of passing on the praise of God from one generation to the next. One of the great gifts of the Christian faith is to know that we belong...

The year 2000 brought with it the end of the 1900s. Many people believed that it would be the end of time as well. The Y2K computer bug was anticipated to...

The Israelites fret about the state of the Temple, but Haggai assures them they do not need to live in worry. The Temple will be built and the resources for it...