So, I haven’t been able to write as much in the past year as I once thrived in doing.  At first it was because we were in Uganda and had...

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where...

Sadness has landed on me like a weighted vest this morning.  Walking through a conflict of justice with those who do harm not out of...

If I could choose a divine nature to take on for myself, I would definitely be like the Greek gods, enjoying festivals and power and...

Our introduction to public school has been on one hand sweet and smooth and the other, depressing and disappointing.  We left an...

Martha Jane has this endearing and simultaneously perplexing response to being disciplined…she immediately reaches out for an embrace and...

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.  I fear that there...

Sometimes my brain feels like a machine with red lights flashing and sirens blaring with a message that says, “Overload!  Overload!...

Back in July, Ellie and I had a wonderful weekend in New York City where we saw almost every block of Manhattan, mostly on foot.  Our...

What is the place for conflict within the community of grace?  Clearly it is the method by which pseudo becomes authentic, the Velveteen...

“‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary.  I am the Lord.“‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my...

So, as mentioned previously, we have had an uptick in gang activity in our neighborhood lately.  No shoot outs or anything worthy of a...

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken…For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope...

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.  If you do, you will have no reward from your Father...

My parents crossed a major milestone this past weekend as my dad prepares to join my mom in official retirement from long, beautiful...

When I was a school teacher, I often joked that the job would be a lot easier without all the kids…and private school parents for that...

Where does weariness come from?  It is felt physically, in muscles and joints and bones, in the eyes and even at times in labored...

Yesterday was a full day.  The majority of it was spent out in Forsyth county at a soccer tournament, where I was able to squeeze a run...

When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for...

I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a...