Lent is so inconvenient. More prayer, more penance. Less feasting, less indulgence. Honestly, I’m tired and cranky and selfish—and Lent...

Promises. Covenants. A whole history of promises from generation to generation. “I will establish your descendants forever . . ....

"I have answered you . . . . I have helped you . . . . I will not forget...

I’m spent. I come to the Lord to pray but I have nothing to offer. The tiredness seeps deep into...

I have to confess, dear reader, that I've put off writing today's devotional as long as I possibly could. I...

It’s the fourth Sunday of Lent. By now, it’s often getting a bit tedious for me. The Lenten practices I...

Confession. When I made my first Confession, I cried. I could barely get through it. Almost 25 years later, I...

I'm a total rule-follower. Growing up, I was the goody-goody who used my manners, who never once got detention, who...

What tone do you use when you read Christ’s words? In your head, as you’re reading the Gospels, when Jesus...

Let’s be honest: who among us has ever rolled their eyes and yawned when words like “statutes” and “ordinances” are...

“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” As a part of the “Our Father,” you...

With Lent nearly halfway over, it’s a good time to take a look at today’s psalm, then at our-Lent-selves, then...

For today's readings, we have the Ten Commandments juxtaposed with Christ driving out the money changers in the temple. Two...

I will never forget our family vacation to Wyoming when I was 20 years old. The only reason I went...

"The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." In construction terminology (which you may be completely unfamiliar with,...

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD . . . He is like a tree planted by water,...

You do not know what you are asking. How many times do we do this? Fall on our knees, beg...