Waiting to see God’s presence is never easy, and sometimes it comes quite unexpectedly. But God is with us—always abiding, always creating and re-creating—even as we struggle and groan alongside…
It is much easier seeing the adult in the photograph of an infant than projecting what a baby will look when fully grown. The same thing is true with seeds.…
Can we trust in God even in difficult times? Abraham is given a horrible, agonizing task: sacrifice his only Son to prove his love of God. Paul says we are…
Description: Happy readings these are not. In Genesis, Sarah is fearful that Hagar’s son will one day inherit instead of her own, Isaac; so she demands Abraham cast them out.…
The doctrine of the Trinity has been a conundrum throughout Christian history, an inspiring conception of how God works, but also a divisive point of dogma when it is disconnected…
Today is the Day of Pentecost—the birthday of the Christian Church. A more descriptive name for it might be the Festival Day of the Holy Spirit. The first Pentecost was…
Those days after He ascended must have been tough ones for the disciples. First, the good years of following Jesus and being in on his teaching abound the kingdom of…
In today’s Gospel Jesus speaks plainly of sending the Spirit to his disciples, an Advocate, a Comforter who will speak to the hearts of all who believe—if they are obedient.…
Jesus shows us what God is really like, inviting us to follow Him into fullness of life. In this new life, we become living stones, built into a spiritual house…
Jesus describes Himself as both the shepherd and the gate for the sheep. How great that He is our shepherd, calling us by name and calling us that we may…