In the camping world, we live by a motto, “leave no trail,” meaning that we should leave nature as we found it. We are careful not to...

Over the past few years, we have seen what was called conservative Christianity on the front pages of the news coverages, but it...

This Sunday, we will return to our sermon series on Life with the Spirit. Since the Pentecost, we have been looking at various texts in...

Learning U.S. history as an immigrant child in a college town, I was taught history from an academic perspective with all its good and...

This week I had several reminders of the importance of human connections. These people coming from different parts of my life spoke to...

On Monday morning, Maryan and I, with our two dogs and a lot of healthy snack foods, hit the road. It wasn’t quite the Midnight Train to...

For the past several years, I have been incredibly flummoxed as to how those who claim to believe in Jesus be racists, hate the poor and...

Paul, in his letter to Philemon, a person he addresses as a dear brother and co-worker, challenges cultural norms and advocates for...

The history of Memorial Day in the U.S. has some very dark past that should not be forgotten. It was originally Decoration Day as people...

This Sunday is Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter. As Christians, we celebrate Pentecost as the completion of the Trinity with the...

The Easter Season, the liturgical church season following Easter, is the time set aside by the early church leaders to help Christians...

When Anna Jarvis in 1908 pushed for creating a national holiday to honor mothers, she had intended to create a very personal day where...