Jesus tells the story of a man who planted a fig tree in his vineyard but found it without fruit for three years. Frustrated, he decides to cut it down, but...

As followers of Jesus, we want our lives to reflect his sacrificial love and draw people in to know him. However, we are human. We sin. We cause rifts in relationships....

My husband and I pastor alongside one another. After twenty years of marriage and ministry together I trust his commitment to the Lord, but I have moments where I am so...

Psalm 63 captures the essence of a soul anchored in God. The psalmist declares, “My soul is satisfied . . . when I think of you on my bed and meditate...

In my work as a spiritual director, I offer a loving space for people to process their faith. For some who have been Christians for a while, there sometimes is an...

My friend has a gift that I sometimes envy. She can walk into an antique shop, slowly peruse the aisles, patiently consider piece after piece and always leave with a treasure....

When I was a camp counselor, we were told three things. One: Day three is when homesickness is at its worst, so plan fun things for your campers accordingly. Two: The...

Jesus now invokes the prophetic tradition and identifies himself and his work with this lineage. Yet what is a prophet? This word has often come to mean someone who tells the...

This short passage, coming as Jesus slowly wends his way toward Jerusalem, begins with the ominous warning: “Herod wants to kill you.” It’s scary when the local ruler wants you dead,...

Dualism, the creation of pairs of opposites, is common not only in the Bible but also in our daily experience of reality: good/bad, right/wrong, best/worst. Dualisms are an extension of the...