
Little Ones
Insignificant? Unimportant? Sometimes the little things don’t muster our attention....

Our Calling as God's Building
“For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building” (1 Cor. 3:9)....


Always Hope
Jeremiah experienced the complete and final collapse of Israel. It occurred to me last week while visiting Mr. Kim that he lived through similar days himself....


Hiding From God
God speaks to our human nature from the very earliest chapters of the Bible. See what we can learn from Genesis 3 about God's call to approach even when we want to hide....

The Throne Room
People continue to have a fascination with royalty as evidenced by the recent wedding. How is this a reflection of our hardwired desire to know a transcendent God?...
Always Hope

Jeremiah experienced the complete and final collapse of Israel. It occurred to me last week while visiting Mr. Kim that he lived through similar days himself....
Keep ReadingHiding From God

God speaks to our human nature from the very earliest chapters of the Bible. See what we can learn from Genesis 3 about God's call to approach even when we want to hide....
Keep ReadingThe Throne Room

People continue to have a fascination with royalty as evidenced by the recent wedding. How is this a reflection of our hardwired desire to know a transcendent God?...
Keep ReadingWisdom Calling

Last August I started reading straight through the Bible. If I stay on track I'll finish on December 31st. Right now I've just begun the book of Proverbs. The first few chapters focus on the benefits and blessings of seeking the Wisdom of God. This is contrasted with the calamity that comes from ignoring or rejecting Wisdom. But one particular line caught my attention. Wi...
Keep ReadingThe Good Shepherd

During my years at seminary, I was very poor and always looking for work to earn money. I was very fortunate to get hired on with a landscaper. My first day on the job we went to the house of a retired physician. This guy was a serious gardener and took a lot of pride in his yard. Our job was to move a huge mountain of wood chips and put them all over the hill behind his ...
Keep ReadingMore Than Eyewitnesses

See No Evil, Hear No Evil is the name of a 1989 comedy film starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. The premise was simple enough. Pryor plays a blind man and Wilder plays a deaf man. Collectively they witness a homicide and need to depend on one another to relate what happened to the police. I honestly cannot remember if I saw the movie or not, but it's probably good cons...
Keep ReadingDoing vs. Being

Most of us have a bias toward action and doing as opposed to inaction or just being. What can we learn from Peter's reaction to the miracle of the Transfiguration?...
Keep ReadingA Walk in the Park

A Walk in the park on the cusp of Spring reminds us of how nature is ready to burst forth in life. So much potential, and this is like our relationship with God at all times...
Keep ReadingTrue Knowledge

Paul challenges the believers in Corinth to put Christian concern for their brothers and sisters above personal freedom....
Keep ReadingSilos to Spokes

Paul's directive for married men to live as if they have no wives can easily be misunderstood. What is there behind this command in 1 Corinthians?...
Keep ReadingOur Baptism

This Sunday we enter the season of Epiphany and celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. Jesus' baptism falls under the heading of Jesus being revealed as the Son of God. But his baptism often leads us to reflect on our own baptism. What does our baptism mean? Well, for one, it means you have been made children of God and adopted as sons and daughters. It means that through fait...
Keep ReadingGod and the New Year

As we approach the new year, let's reflect on the past year's challenges and blessings and consider how we may grow in our faith in the year to come....
Keep ReadingSecurity Blanket

For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation... what a lovely image spoken of the servant who was to come in Isaiah. What do these words mean for us today?...
Keep ReadingPrepared for Advent

John had a ministry of preparing the way for Jesus, a very appropriate theme for the season of Advent....
Keep ReadingStaying Prepared

It seems Christ knew that his church may grow impatient for his return. So he described the ten young women 'sleepy' and 'drowsy' as the awaited the groom who was delayed. How do make sure we are among those who were prepared when the moment suddenly arrived?...
Keep ReadingThe Unfair Gospel

Just how generous is the Gospel? Jesus' parable of the workers in the vineyard points us toward the truth....
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