Psalm 22:2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. (NIV) We’ve all been there at some point in our ...

Psalm 124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.             Some days I worry about climate change and wha...

Sabbath Psalms – Like a Tree Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does...

Psalm 19:12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. I once was given the opportunity to teach two English literature classes...

Mark 7:8 “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” (NIV) One of the biggest things that Jesus had t...

Psalm 45:6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. (NIV)             I ...

John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be t...

My latest book is the beginning of a three-year project that I’ve been wanting to complete for years. I try to write devotionals on Sunday m...

Mark 5:27-28 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him, hidden by the crowd and touched his cloak, thinking to herself, "If...

Sunday shorts: Anxious Prayers Mark 4:38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, ...

Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Have you ever seen the old movie "Fall of the House of Usher...

Mark 3:5 Jesus looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He ...

Luke 24:47 Repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (NRSV) When Jesus ...

Sunday Shorts: Seeing Jesus   John 12:21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we wou...

John 2:15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money c...

Mark 8:34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take ...

Mark 1:15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (NIV) We all make mistakes i...

Luke 4:24 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” We live in a strange age. Our society and civi...

Psalm 104:2 He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent. (NIV) I learned how to pitch a tent wi...

Acts 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (NIV) Almost thirty...