How often have you personally felt a kind of tension between the reality of God's seeming absence from your life, and the belief (the hope) that he is there even though we may not see him operating clearly? Is the world simply a senseless...

We hear an Inaugural Address at the outset of a political term of office. But politicians are not the only ones who speak about what they intend to do, and how they will go about it. Jesus at the beginning of his earthly, active ministry, gave an...

The only way back from the abyss of spiritual destruction is when we hear the truth about the world, ourselves, and those whose situations have heightened our disappointment and grief. Only God has those words of truth. We can decide to listen to...

When things don’t go as planned we are often thrown to the mat as we begin to question our entire belief system that once served us well. Why do we doubt? What is the anatomy of doubt? It may be that our real problem is dealing with the goodness and...

When others proper and we don’t, we often look at them with envy, especially if we don’t believe that they deserve to prosper. What is the root of our envy? Why are we so angry when things don’t seem to go as they should?

When good things happen to bad people the question becomes, “Is it worth serving God?” Why do the sinners seem happy and the saints so sad?

A first person narrative from our Christmas Eve services from the viewpoint of a shepherd that was visited by angels on the night of Christ's birth.

"[I believe] in the life everlasting."

"I believe in the resurrection of the the body."

"[I believe] in the forgiveness of sins."