Several years ago, our family took a trip to North and South Carolina. April and I had found a three-day event in Hot Springs, North

The story of David, Joab, and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11 is a story about timing and about faithfulness. In the first verse of the

“According to a Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and

So often, we think we know what a Scripture passage is all about, only to discover later that things are far more complicated than we

This week, our summer road trip brings us to Nazareth in Galilee, the hometown of Jesus. Jesus returns to his hometown with his disciples. And

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