Today’s passage takes us to the Feast of Tabernacles, the traditional time when the Jews erected temporary shelters of branches and palm leaves. The idea was to live inside these makeshift...

Like I once did, many believers tend to think that our spiritual gifts are about us. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. A cursory reading of today’s passage should...

I work for a nonprofit and most of the time we work well together when setting goals. But on occasion each of us has a different vision for or opinion about...

Yesterday’s reading demonstrated a believer’s response to contemplating and delighting in God’s creation. Yet the psalmist acknowledges those who scorn God and refuse to acknowledge God as Creator. They refuse to...

I can get lost in the poetic rhythm of this psalm. The psalmist is extolling God’s creation with beautiful word pictures. I can readily imagine the mythical beast Leviathan—elsewhere in scripture...

While the majority of those who heard the apostles’ miraculous proclamations at Pentecost were amazed, some were skeptical and mocked the apostles. “They have had too much wine,” they claimed dismissively....

Now that Jesus had ascended into heaven, we see that God is doing something different. That something new was the inauguration of the church, of which Peter was to be the...

Jesus prays for me. Since I was a little girl, I have sung that Jesus loves me, and I do believe this to be true. But all too often I think...

I am a Christmas person. I just love it. Some of the first religious writings I tried out were for the season of Advent. Mary, the mother of God, is my...

I had two babies very close together. Sixteen months is not enough time to forget any of the details of the first time I birthed a baby. Instead of this making...