Heading Home: Walking with Jesus to the Cross — Day Three

Jonah 4:4-11 But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to … Read more...

Heading Home: Walking with Jesus to the Cross — Day Two

Jonah 3:1-10 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah set out and went to … Read more...

Heading Home: Walking with Jesus to the Cross — A Lenten Journey

It is Ash Wednesday. Again. Thanks be to God. Oh, I need this season. Each and every year, I need to walk the road that Jesus walked. I need to remember, to choose to let go of a thing or … Read more...

First, the Tomb — SheLoves, February 2017

The silence at this blog has been rather deafening thus far in 2017. Part of the reason for that is the event described in this essay. I wrote it for SheLoves, that special place on the internet where … Read more...

Growing into Love — A Book Review

I have this friend. I met her in Texas, of all places. She's sorta tall, sorta not tall, very willowy and has a lovely, large smile. She is also one of the funniest people I know. And the smartest. … Read more...

Opening to the New Year — SheLoves

One of the great privileges of my life these days is my association with the wonderful people at SheLovesMagazine. Today is my monthly day to write for them. You can begin that essay here and follow … Read more...

Longing for Home: An Advent Journey, 2016 — CHRISTMAS DAY!

Isaiah 9:2-6 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first … Read more...

Longing for Home: An Advent Journey, 2016 — Day Twenty-Eight

Isaiah 9:2-6 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) Isaiah 9:2-6 The people who walked in darkness     have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—     on them … Read more...

Longing for Home, An Advent Journey, 2016 — Day Twenty-Seven

1 Samuel 2:1-10 2 Samuel 7:18, 23-29 Galatians 3:6-14 Galatians 3:6-14 Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” so, you see, those who believe are the … Read more...