This is the beginning of the end for Jesus, and Jesus knows it. Jesus’ contemporaries believe that those nearing death have an extra ability to see things more clearly. Nearing death,...

Idleness and disruption can damage a group of people trying to live and work together. Every ship’s crew is grouped together in teams of members who have been trained to do...

The US military is an apprentice organization. It hires personnel with the intent for senior personnel to teach them how to do specific jobs. When I was a beginner chaplain, experienced...

Our words carry meaning. When we speak our ideas, thoughts, desires, and fears, others hear them and process them for a meaning in their own lives. Sometimes this valuable exercise can...

A roof over our heads and food on our tables—that seems to be a reasonable expectation for most. And still there are those who have not or cannot realize that expectation...

With all that we see in our world today, we can grow tired and weary of the heaven and earth we experience. The thought of new heavens and a new earth...

To come alive in Christ is to understand the truth of Jesus’ resurrection and its power to awaken us to right living. This story unifies all those who seek to discipline...

Today’s psalm of praise tells us two specific and related things about God: God is near, and God is just. God is as close to us as our very next breath....

The Sadducees confront Jesus with a question that can easily transport modern readers back to the days of mathematical dilemmas: “Train A is traveling 70 miles per hour. It leaves the...

This psalm speaks of passing on the praise of God from one generation to the next. One of the great gifts of the Christian faith is to know that we belong...