What does it take in terms of time and energy to care for another when they cannot care for themselves? Should we take it upon ourselves...

On most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, you will find me with a group of other people gathered at Salinas Elementary at 5AM. We spend...

It was a highly-anticipated December trek from our Keesler AFB home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to central North Dakota; our Dodge...

Still, Still, Still (video link) Peace is not something I am feeling a lot of right now. In all honesty, it is not something I have often...

“[Some Greeks] came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’” – John 12:21 I am always...

An adage is a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth. “Slow and steady wins the race.” "Don't put the cart before the...

Whenever I hear the passage of Jesus overturning the tables - in a show of dismantling an unjust practice - I picture my friend, Zion. In...

Growing up with two siblings, I would often get a small twinge of happiness when one of them was in trouble. One of the perks of having...

Life and death. Death and life. You don’t have one without the other. It is the human condition. This relationship is a truth we all...

This week, as I’ve pondered this topic of “Love in a Grieving World,” I’m reminded of a song that feels like an old friend to me. This...

Have you ever thought to yourself, what is joy? Is it just being really happy? What is despair? Is it being overwhelmingly sad? Actually...

Lately, the music on my radio has been telling me “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” The lyrics of that popular Christmas carol...

As we struggle living in today’s world, a world with wars, divisiveness, riots, pandemics, hunger, racism, political upheaval (the list...