There aren’t many Bible verses that bring tears to my eyes as quickly as the one that lies at the heart of this week’s Gospel reading:...

Mark 5:21-43 21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea....

Meditate on the Gospel Passage Mark 4:35-41 tells the story that inspired Rembrandt’s painting of The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Read...

2 Corinthians 6:1-13 6 As we work together with him, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, “At an...

2 Corinthians 5:6-10 6 So we are always of good courage; we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for...

The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost Forgot to get a gift for dad this Father’s Day?  Well, you could just drop him off at The Home Depot...

II Corinthians 4:13-18, 5:1 13 Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we too believe,...

It was 19 years ago, June 12 2005, that Steve Jobs delivered the Commencement Address at Stanford University.  Speaking to the graduating...

Mark 4:26-34 26 Jesus said to them, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, 27 and would sleep and rise...

Life is so unpredictable, and yet we attempt to predict it. I check the weather on my computer or phone at least three times a day (which...

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be...

Isaiah 6:1-8 6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled...

Acts 2:1-21 There are so many images in this week's Pentecost account that I find my imagination running in a couple of different...

Acts 2:1-21 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the...

It is no wonder that we Christians struggle. We are still in the world and thus we struggle with the evil in the world; we struggle with...

1 John 5:9-13 9 If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that God has testified...

It's All About Love

1 John 5:1-6 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves   the child....

Genesis 21:8-21 (NIV) 8 The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that...

Hearing the call, and seeing the need, can and will we respond? As most of you know, I am now in Seminary, studying ministry, hopefully...