Do you remember working to learn the right answers so when the questions were asked you could raise your hand and speak the answer, receiving acknowledgment for being a good student?...

Isaiah poses many questions, questions that are spoken out into the world, pointing to that which can’t be contained in a single answer. Can we link remembering to imagining into the...

The people of Israel had to adjust their understanding of what God was up to when the Babylonians took them into exile. They felt abandoned by God. Now the prophet asks...

The first Sunday in February each year, I participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Delaware. Each year I plunge my whole body into the forty-degree Atlantic Ocean...

I  had a drinking problem for nearly two decades before I became a pastor. Through my faith in Christ, I am now strong enough not to drink when others around me...

Paul discusses consuming meat sacrificed to idols from two perspectives: knowledge and love. This issue concerned the Christians in Corinth in particular, but Paul’s guidance deals with more than food. His...

Each time we read the Bible, it can speak to us in a new way. I have preached on today’s reading many times in my thirteen years of ministry; each time...

The word authority can mean different things based on several factors. If you are young, you might think of a teacher or parent as an authority. You may hold high regard...

It always gives me pause when someone begins a conversation with, “The Lord told me to tell you. . . . ” More often than not, the speaker follows the statement...

How often have we yearned to hear God’s voice? The Israelites desired such instruction. Yet, Moses reminds the people of the time God spoke and the divine was made manifest in...