The Wedding Industrial Complex is a multi-billion-dollar worldwide industry. It’s not uncommon for couples to go deep into debt paying for all the trappings of a wedding. The clamor is cultural,...

Road trips are full of choices. You can veer right or turn left or turn off the car altogether. Even when you run out of gas and find yourself a bit...

In today’s reading, we see an answer to prayer unfold as God once again uses regular women and men to continue the miracle of covenantal love. Abraham’s servant petitions God, asking...

In our humanity, we doubt. We wonder and wrestle. We try to reason our way into the mystery of God’s story within us and around us. Try as we might, it’s...

Like the Shunammite woman who kept a room on her roof ready for the prophet Elisha (see 2 Kings 4:10), I keep a spare bedroom ready for a former pastor whenever...

John Newton, writer of the hymn “Amazing Grace,” was converted as a slave trader. While at sea in the middle of a violent storm, he prayed for God’s mercy. The storm...

We face many choices every day. Shall we serve chicken or fish for dinner? Shall we exercise or watch television? Most choices do not much matter. But some choices have major...

In 1967, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the shoulders down. She was an artist, but at first she spit out the mouthsticks her therapist suggested she hold...

While praying a psalm such as this, we can identify with the psalmist. Who has not felt as though God is distant in their suffering? According to rabbinical writers, this psalm...

God has provided for my family in countless ways through the years. When we once needed a car, an elderly relative who could no longer drive gave us his. When I...