As my children are growing up, I have realized there are things about their childhood which I miss. […]
What is water? David Scott Wallace tells the famous existentialist parable in his brilliant commencement speech at Kenyon […]
Mr. Witt’s funeral was fairly typical, typical for a Lutheran service, anyway. But it was unique in that […]
In the stillness before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath, you rise. Slowly, your pockets […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s little novel, The Curious Case of Benjamin, tells the story of a man born old […]
Life is not linear. As much as we order our days, plan our future, sleep soundly at night, […]
Without a doubt, one of the most complex and powerful forces in our lives is love. Well, we […]
I need to start this post with a confession: I am not particularly “good” at shut-in visits. I […]
Who can be astonishedthat we wander from the way,that error grows strongin the soft folds of our weakness?Our […]
Do you ever reread books? I know many of us re-watch TV shows. Shoot, I could sit and […]
Mark tells us in chapter 9 that the disciples were arguing about which one was the greatest. Considering […]
Last week, I preached on Mark 9, where the man prayed to Jesus, “Lord, I believe, help my […]
His T-shirt stuck to the inside of his wet armpits. Mostly he was used to this by now, […]
When St. James famously speaks about taming the tongue, he does so primarily as a warning for those […]
A common sight on the streets of Venice, between the gorgeous canals, luxury shops, and stunning architecture, were […]
That prayer you have framed in your dining room, that list of petitions you recite every Sunday or […]
The word company wasn’t birthed in the chambers of the Roman senate or over a scale in a […]
Nights were complex. Harder. Darker. Memories. Worries. Regrets. Yesterday was another day that lasted too long. He almost […]
My grandma, my dad’s mother, was everything a grandma should be. She would spoil my brothers and me, […]
Recently, I listened to an interview with a pastor who told a story about one of his young […]