I’ll let you in on the sweet old truths, Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our mother’s knee. We’re not keeping this to ourselves, we’re passing it along to the next generation— God’s fame and fortune, the marvelous things God has done. (Psalm 78:2-4 MSG) It will soon be May, the…
We stood at the front of the church, arms around each other. Other worshipers surrounded us. My tears fell on her tight braids as she hugged me back. My mouth moved, and I continued to pray for God’s healing over her past and that she would use the comfort she receives to comfort others in…
“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” (Gen 1:31 NIV) Think of the most beautiful setting you have ever seen. Maybe it was a vacation spot, a star-filled sky as you lay in the backyard, or the sunrise viewed from…
Early in my teaching career, an academic dean said to me and my colleagues, “You are the curriculum.” My life would educate my students as much as any textbook or lesson plan. Long after those first-year college students forgot how to structure an effective introductory paragraph or how to avoid run-on sentences, they would remember…
When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? (Ps. 8:3-4 CSB) This past summer, I had the great fortune to spend many slow mornings on…
When I started working for the church, I joined the denominational health plan. And with that health plan comes a health tracking program, an online wellness program to help me be more healthy. We have workout and accountability groups. I have daily tidbits of knowledge about my body, daily reminders to move and care for…