The last couple of weeks have felt a bit like A Series of Unfortunate Events, minus Count Olaf and the Baudelaire children. One thing…
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The first storm rolled in overnight on Monday, the week of Thanksgiving. Cold temperatures, freezing fog, and gusty winds in the wide open spaces…
As I read through the Gospels, I try to imagine what the people around Jesus must have been thinking about Jesus. Jesus, a man…
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…