This rabbi from a nowhere town like Nazareth, who was born in a borrowed room/stable/cave, and is riding a borrowed donkey, and will end up in a borrowed tomb, is a king? Really?

Children's Moment 3/20/2016

When we are sad, sometimes it feels like our sadness will last forever. When we are joyful, it's easy to fear that our joy will pass too quickly. Psalm 126 suggests that God is always working to turn our tears of sorrow into tears of joy.

Children's Moment 3/13/2016

Sometimes church is a place where we tell our stories. But often we are hesitate to tell them out of fear that our shortcomings will be sneered at, told among the community as gossip, used as means for judging us. What we really need church to be is a safe place to tell our stories, a place where forgiveness is at the center.

Have you ever been thirsty? Really thirsty? Or really hungry? We may fast by choice but rarely, if ever, by necessity. Can we really understand hungering and thirsting for God if we have never experienced physical hunger or thirst? What might it mean for God to be the answer to our deepest yearning?

Children's Moment 2/28/2016

Tough times intrude in every life. Has God deserted us when those tough times come along, or are they opportunities to grow closer to God and to praise God?

Children's Moment 2/21/2016

Children's Moment 2/16/2014