As we enter this Lenten season together,  we endeavor as always, to follow Jesus.  into the wilderness,  into reflection on our human frailty and sin,

Have you ever looked and saw someone you thought you recognized? And then when you looked again you saw more clearly and realized it wasn’t

When my kids were first learning how to read and write, the elementary school they attended was using a method called “Inventive Spelling.” The idea

Families are an interesting thing. When April and I do premarital counseling with couples, we use a tool called a genogram. If you are unfamiliar

Imagine with me for a moment a world where there’s not enough to go around. There’s only so much money, only so much food, only

Have you ever played on a shoreline that you didn’t want to leave?  Have you ever lost all track of time on the beach? Maybe

Do you have someone in your life that if they gave you a recommendation (whether for a place to eat or a place to visit

When I was in high school, I was a bit of a chameleon. I tried on different identities depending on which social group I was

Have you ever had a stranger proclaim Christ to you? A few examples come immediately to mind for me. The first was when I attended

On Christmas Eve, we tell the story of the birth of Jesus with the kind of excitement that takes our breath away. Our voices are