Earthquakes occur in the Holy Land. When the psalmist sings “let the peoples tremble” and “the earth quake,” he is reflecting on a familiar experience. He uses this image to underscore...

The term majestic comes to mind whenever we think about mountains, those towering features of the earth’s landscape that are both beautiful and mysterious. Whether it is Everest or Kilimanjaro, Ararat...

On May 29, 1993, I made my first climb up Mount Chiremba above Old Mutare in Zimbabwe. Just about a hundred years earlier Joseph Crane Hartzell, the newly elected bishop for...

Today we come full circle, ending our meditations on holiness where we began—namely, with God’s declaration that we will be holy. The call to holiness can feel intimidating, even terrifying. None...

Because God’s holiness dwells within us, we walk in the way of the Lord. We do not have to achieve moral perfection before God’s holiness will indwell our hearts, but we...

The divine decree, “You will be holy,” is first and foremost about God coming to dwell within us. Our goodness comes because God dwells within us and not the other way...

In today’s passage, the apostle Paul insists that Jesus Christ is the only foundation for the Christian faith and the Christian life. This fits beautifully with the theme of God’s holiness...

While God’s holiness reminds us that God is altogether unlike creation, it also denotes the ways in which God draws near to creation in order to bring healing and renewal. When...

God is altogether different than creation. God transcends creation; God is holy! Today’s passage unfolds in a series of paired verses, each of which begins with a command or law that...

Just two verses long, today’s passage contains one of the most daunting commands in all of scripture: You shall be holy! It is one thing to say that we shall be...