In my travels across Europe, feeling out of place was the norm. Often I barely spoke the local language. I worried I'd unknowingly break some local law we didn't have…
I struggle with today’s scripture. First, there’s the weird implication here of the Almighty getting into a WWE-style wrestling grudge match. If the Lord didn’t walk the Earth in human…
At the start of my final year of high school, I went to my first big concert. It was the Red Hot Chili Peppers, at the height of their success,…
The assigned lectionary scriptures for this Sunday contain stories of two cities receiving an influx of languages. Today is Pentecost Sunday—the holiday celebrating the birthday of the Church—but let's start…
Lots of folks nowadays are just waiting around for the ending. Some survivalists or “preppers” build fallout shelters with military-grade food rations, water purifiers, and supplies to rebuild civilization and…
Nearly every sermon on David and Goliath I’ve ever heard ultimately boils down to this: Tiny David could not defeat the giant Goliath on his own. But David had faith.…
Old Testament kosher laws ban the eating of pork, shellfish, and so on. I'm not preaching on bacon today. But if you want to know why Christians can disregard Old…