Nehemiah was an Israelite servant of God during the Babylonian exile of the Israeli nation in the fifth century B.C. According to...

What does a 17th century monk have to say about peace in the present? Once a year, I read the writings of a 17th century monk. Brother...

During a trip to the Pacific Northwest, I had the opportunity to travel to the beach with my daughter to look for sea glass. Much like...

Yesterday was a stunningly beautiful day. As I sat outside enjoying the glory of cool temperatures and a clear blue sky, I noted to myself...

Growing up on the Gulf Coast had its disadvantages. One of the hurricanes of the 1970s took the power out and we spent a week in the...

I try to place myself into the story. Which character in the narrative am I and what do I need to learn or understand? In different...

Image: see footnote If your first guess is a miracle of healing, you’d be correct. But there’s something else the Messiah and the Roman...

I have often joked about the conversation I will someday have with Eve. The mother of all womanhood had a good life in the Garden of...

What does it mean for a follower of Jesus to find community? Is it a scheduled small group time or a shared set of beliefs? Is it hanging...

Its not like I didn’t know. Before I got in my car to drive the twenty minutes to this quiet spot on the river, I knew there were snakes...

I didn’t adjust very well to becoming widowed. In social settings and public spaces, there is a sense of being exposed or missing a part...

The idea of prayer is somewhat confounding. God already knows what you need and for what you will ask. God answers prayer according to...

I never consciously decided to quit church. The weekend anxiety had begun several years before my husband’s death. After his funeral, I...

Photo: Wix.com Sometimes you have to look up from whatever deeply rooted weed you’ve been trying to pull out, leave it in the ground...

If I could tell you one thing… I’d tell you that Jesus is real and alive. Maybe you used to believe it but your faith has gotten lost in...

Image: TA Boland I have a plant in the African Violet family called a Gloxinia. I had never seen a plant like it before my mother’s...

Image: Wix Media Peter’s story is legendary. He and the disciples climbed into a boat to sail across the Sea of Galilee. A storm was...

Image: Unsplash I cannot count the number of times over the years that I have revisited the story of Mary and Martha entertaining Jesus...

Image: Subsplash A cautionary and fictional tale… Imagine a Navy submarine that is run aground causing the boat to be scuttled and the...

Image: Unsplash Ms. T turned 100 years old in December. She grew up on a rural farm as one of 11 children, learned to cook on a wood...