As I read through the Gospels, I try to imagine what the people around Jesus must have been thinking about Jesus. Jesus, a man…
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If December marks the season of Advent, November (or the end of October) is set aside as the season of complaining about Advent. There…
When I was growing up, I both wanted to be noticed and to be invisible. As a deeply introverted and shy child, my cheeks…
“Remember your baptism.” This phrase sounded strange to me the first time I heard it. The first time I heard someone say this phrase,…
Surprised by Pentecost is a series of 8 devotional reflections from the book of Acts. The Spirit was given at Pentecost, but the miracle…
Second semester of my senior year of seminary, I took a class that was about the benefits and practice of Scripture memorization. We read…
This morning I woke up thinking about onions. Right before I turned in for bed last night, I saw an advertisement for bags of…
When I was in elementary school, we had a tradition of making May baskets out of paper cups. We would poke two holes in…
As a child, Palm Sunday was one of my favorite Sundays of the year. I got to wave a palm branch and shout, “Hosanna!”…