christianity

“Have faith”. Maybe somebody has said that to us.  Maybe we have said it to ourselves.  Most of us would say we have faith, but aren’t there times when we wish our faith was deeper and greater?  Aren’t there moments when we think our faith isn’t as strong as it should be, or as robust Read more

Each year of my ministry we offered a Maundy Thursday service of Tenebrae.  I have to admit that it was always one of the least attended services of the year, but it was also one that I found the most meaningful.  Yes, the last hours of Jesus’ life and his crucifixion are hard to hear Read more

Recently, while flying home from Saudi Arabia, just as Lent was beginning, I looked out the plane window as we passed over the Sinai. This is the region where the Book of Exodus tells us that Moses and the Israelites wandered the desert for 40 years. The landscape I saw was stark and barren—truly a Read more

I once had a colleague in ministry who liked to ask people, “Where are you seeing God in your life these days?” I always appreciated the question, and I could see how it made people pause and really think about their answer. We can encounter God and his truth in many different ways—in his Word, Read more