Have you ever been caught off guard and seen something unexpected? One time my family and I went far away on vacation. As we walked into our hotel, the first person...

James Earl Jones’s voice is one of the greatest I have ever heard. He has a voice you can listen to all day long. I often think it would be great...

Have you ever looked for a sign that something was right? You wanted evidence that you were making the right move or doing the right thing. Maybe you had been offered...

Is there anyone who does not like to hear that they have done well? Can you imagine an elementary schoolteacher going an entire year and never telling any of the students...

I do not like the water. I do not swim. I remember taking swimming lessons when I was young, and I did not enjoy going under water. I always felt disoriented...

We have all heard the phrase “Talk the talk and walk the walk.” What we say cannot stand alone, but we must back it up with what we do. I love...

I like to think that I have it all together and that my role is to help others. I must confess that when I read “and a light to the Gentiles”...

It is a new year, a new chance to start fresh. Many of us have made resolutions about things we want to change in 2023. But in the clear light of...

At the very beginning of time, creation was as God intended. When everything was new, it was all good. But the shalom of Eden was soon shattered. Exiled with Adam and...

Three years ago a small outbreak of a mysterious illness soon became a worldwide pandemic. Lives were disrupted, businesses bankrupted, schools and gyms and restaurants closed. Church buildings sat empty for...