“Go team! . . . Set up! . . . Slow down! . . . Rebound! . . . Good job!” This is the voice of coaches on basketball courts around...

In many overwhelming times of my life, I held on to this scripture. Each season was challenging in its own way, but the major reason I clung to this scripture was...

I recently saw a news segment reporting the discovery of the world’s largest pearl. For a pearl to form, an irritant — a parasite, fish scale, or some other bit of...

This is the sixth devotional I have written for The Upper Room. The first three were rejected. It was not until the fourth that I received the much anticipated email saying,...

Growing up, I attended a large church that seemed like a thriving community with many opportunities. I had good friends at church and enjoyed the worship, but I was not maturing...

A friend of mine moved to another city, and I had not seen him in a long time. I learned from another friend that he was sick. So I sent him...

As I reflected on today’s scripture reading, I realized that we can approach our problems in two ways: we can either compare ourselves to the problem or compare the problem to...

My son, David, is learning to walk. As he stood holding on to a chair, his mother walked past him onto the balcony. David let go of the chair and started...

For 28 years, I was consumed by my career as a faculty member and department chair at a local university. As with most educators, my job didn’t end when I left...

“He’s a three-foot-tall tornado.” I seem to say that every time our two-year-old grandson comes over. He grabs things out of drawers, pulls things off of shelves, and throws almost everything...