I counted recently and this Sunday will mark 19 Sundays since our last "regular" worship service. I can't help but think of that...

Matthew 11: 28-30 “Come to me, all you who are struggling hard and carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. 29 Put on my yoke, and...

July 4, 1776 is a somewhat arbitrary moment to celebrate. The Declaration of Independence was actually passed on July 2, 1776. The...

Pastors have a tendency to live by a different calendar. When the rest of the world is experiencing Christmas, we tend to be thinking...

In the 1990’s sociologists starting talking about “third places.” By that they meant the third anchor of our lives, the third place we...

A college professor and department head was strolling across campus towards her office. Victoria Rosa-Garcia always enjoys the walk...

“Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.” (2 Cor. 13:12) Those words have a strangely appealing ring to them in...

“Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me. Spirit of...

You ever go to a place with so many things to look at that you feel almost over-whelmed? Where do I let my eye settle? Do I focus on the...

When our son, Nathan, was little he would frequently say “I have a plan” and then explain why we should do what he thought would be fun....

Eugene Peterson describes what he calls a “tourist mindset” by saying that for some, “religion is understood as a visit to an attractive...

Philip Yancey describes grace as “the last best good word.” Writes Yancey, “even now, despite our secular drift, taproots still stretch...

In our staff devotional time this week, we read a quotation from Peter Maurin, who was active in the Catholic Worker Movement from the...

Friday Greetings friends! We are enjoying the fact that we have so many wonderful ways of connecting, many of which you will find on our...

Easter Sunday is reckoned as “the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox.” That system dates back to the...