GPS devices are great for lots of things, but they have fundamentally changed how people travel on the road. When I was a kid, we

Have you ever told someone to calm down when they were angry with you? How did the person react? Did they immediately become calm? If

“A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. ‘Come Holy

This past Thursday was Ascension Day, the day set aside for remembering the way Jesus was taken up into heaven after the resurrection. Ascension Day

There is an old joke that asks, “How do you make God laugh?” And the response, which comes off more observational than laugh out loud

A year ago, as Covid-19 was shutting down cities and businesses, and as Italy’s healthcare system was crushed under the burden of a surge of

A man and his five-year-old son were driving past a cemetery on a beautiful spring afternoon. As they passed, the boy looked and saw a

Jeff: This morning, as we celebrate the culmination of the greatest act of love in history, we also reach the culmination of our sermon series

In the Gospel of Mark, the story has been leading up to this moment. Before now, Jesus warned the people he healed not to tell

Author William Martin, in his book The Parent’s Tao Te Ching, offers this advice to parents: ““Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary