Here is The Beatles' "Fool on the HIll" video to remind us this week that sometimes being foolish is a good and God-inspired thing!

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it...

Here is Frederick Buechner giving on faith, worship, prayer, and loving God.

As I begin to get re-create this blog, I'll occasionally share something that has been meaningful to me from another source. So today, a...

Christian Nationalism is a heretical - and increasingly dangerous - ideology - that is becoming prevalent in the US and in European...

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of...

Here is my favorite joyful banjo song from the group Mumford & Sons. Marcus Mumford is the son of. a pastor and though his band is...

Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for...

Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is one of the move covered songs I know of. Here is a lovely version for the Easter season.

It is a pleasure working on this devotional - and I am always grateful for the people who tell me that it is of value to them. It is...

And we near the end. Before Sunday comes, we must go through Friday. New beginnings don't happen without endings. Meditate on Jesus'...

For this Holy Thursday - or Maundy Thursday - spend some time reflecting on the Passion of Jesus as it begins: with the last supper, his...

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to...

Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the...

When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them,...

Another version of the parting of the Red Sea.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry...

The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them...

As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out...

When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the minds of Pharaoh and his officials were changed toward the people, and they...