When I am down, when I feel lonely or misunderstood, when I feel like I’ve failed or that I’ve hurt someone I love, when I need some encouragement and am aware enough to seek it, I spend some time with...

One of our deepest and strongest desires as humans is to know God and be known by God.  This is true in both a subjective sense and in an objective sense:  I deeply and strongly desire a relationship with God and...

I am looking out my window at our fig tree which is leafing out after winter dormancy.  The new leaves are light green.  Later in the year they will be darker and shiny, but now they gather in the afternoon...

A key to discipleship, at least as Jesus expresses it in Matthew 28, is teaching people to obey all that Jesus has commanded us.  Our discipleship is expressed, first and foremost, in our lives, in our actions and in our...