One of the things I admire most about the early church is their unwavering faithfulness to Christ under tremendous pressure and...

As I watched the replay of the 2024 Olympic boxing match between an Italian female boxer and her opponent, described by media outlets as...

Looking back on my life, when I was much younger, it is amusing to think about my past beliefs on prayer. For example, I distinctly...

Some years ago, I received the shocking news of a breast cancer diagnosis during a routine annual mammogram. It was certainly not the...

When I read Elie Wiesel’s book Night, I knew it would be a story that would forever stay with me. It’s a harrowing memoir that recounts...

Ripple Effect: spreading, pervasive, and usually unintentional effect or influence (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Have you ever paused to...

The United States was founded on the principle of dissent culminating in the Revolutionary War to gain independence from British rule....

Recently, I was thinking back on my life and some of the poor choices I made when I was a young adult. Back then, I based my decisions on...

In 2013, when my oldest daughter was twenty years old, she announced that she had purchased a one-way ticket to Paris via Iceland. She...

“Saturday, 10/7/23… ‘Shabbat Shalom’ - Up at 3:00am - in lobby at 4:00.” This was the opening line of my journal entry in Israel the day...

Did you know that God keeps a calendar of special days for His people to remember? Found in chapter 23 of the book of Leviticus, these...

There are many days meant to evoke remembrance: Veteran’s Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Martin Luther King Day and of...

For many, this time of year bustles with activity! In our family, we have a string of birthdays, followed by Mother’s Day, Father’s Day,...

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! - 2 Corinthians 5:17...

Recently, I read a story about free-range chickens trapped in a wildfire. The fire ravaged houses, farms, and out-buildings. After the...

But some of these branches from Abraham’s tree – some of the people of Israel - have been broken off. And you Gentiles, who were branches...

I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. - Luke 22:16 Even though Easter has passed,...

If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And...

Little did I know that the closing prayer of the day would trigger such a powerful response. A group of us had organized an all-day...

For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is...