“No, sir, it's a donation,” the kind woman said with a comforting smile. “Thank you for all your staff does.”Christmas Eve morning I had stopped...

Comfortably slumped in an uncomfortable wooden chair, listening to the four young adults joyfully singing Christmas carols in the corner of the...

As a pastor who lives in a state that is home to as many as 84,000 people who are of Somalia descent, hearing our president call them “garbage”...

This past week, the Christian calendar entered the season of Advent, and depending upon who you ask, you might hear an entirely different...

I think what most of us get wrong about gratitude is we believe the source of our gratitude emanates from things, both tangible and intangible,...

This weekend America is wrapping up “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week,” an annual recognition held the week before Thanksgiving “to draw...

The other morning I hopped into my Ford F150 to start the day.When the onboard computer systems were a go, and the radio fired up, my SiriusXM was...

I think that one of the most challenging aspects of living a life of faith is the realization that everything in this earthly life we know is so …...

Friends, if I could give you one piece of advice today, it would be to stop skimping on your friendships.Take it from me, someone who runs busy...

Friends, if you want to make a difference today — right now! — seek out the people in your community who feel unseen, unsafe and alone … and pour...

I love the gospels’ regular use of seeds as metaphors because so much of our faith life is all about acting on belief alone, hoping that one day...

A little imagination theater … confirmation style.“Pastor, is it OK to hate certain people?” a struggling confirmation student asks.“That’s a heavy...

My heavens, what a difficult couple of weeks it’s been. Amen?The Charlie Kirk assassination dropped a match into what was already a box of...

While the names of the schools or churches or entertainment venues change, it's inevitable that our news feeds annually will fill with headlines...

As I slowly cruised the lakeshore, a tradition I do before heading to my favorite fishing spot on the lake, this past week, I was startled to see...