A few months ago I stumbled across an article entitled “What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Tweet?” written by Alveda King, Dr. King’s niece. I’m sure that many of us remember the great speeches...
John Bell had a chance to do something most of us will hopefully never be able to do: he held his own heart in his hands. Bell had undergone a successful heart transplant two years earlier, and now,...
God’s beloved creation. Do not forget that we, of all humanity, are his creation. The life that is given to us is a gift of the spirit. His spirit breathes life. The example for how we are to...
There were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were...
O come, desire of nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind; Bid thou our sad divisions cease, And be thyself our Prince of Peace. I want peace, but my ways, this world—they say otherwise....
When Israel was a child… I loved him and out of Egypt I called my son. The Shema is an ancient prayer of Israel. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, The LORD is one. You shall love the Lord...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. We eat great food, see good friends and family and take the time to reflect over another year of God’s goodness. Even more than that, I love...
In 2013, archeologists in the Cappadocian region of Turkey made an astounding find: a series of underground churches buried under a Byzantine-era fortress. These small chapels contained icons and...
During the Klondike Gold Rush, prospectors carved 1,500 steps into the mountain ice in Skagway, Alaska. They called it the Golden Staircase. Every day men and women from around the world climbed it,...
Halloween is a holiday devoted mostly to one thing: FEAR. People buy tickets to experience a good scare in haunted houses or darkened movie theaters, or dress up as their favorite monsters. But our...