Our 14-year-old dog Abbey died last month. The day after she passed away my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if…
The man in the three-thousand-dollar suit glanced at my hands before he even looked at my face. “Maintenance is down the hall,” he said politely. “Air conditioning issue?” I knew…
There is probably no miracle in the Bible that has been so doubted than the story of Jesus walking on the water, as happened in today’s Gospel (Matt 14:22-33). The…
The man I have shared a bed with for forty-six years asked me to leave his house this morning. He stood in the living room, gripping a throw pillow to…
The nurse glanced at her watch and then at me, her tone sharp and unyielding. “I’m sorry, but the rules are clear. If your designated driver isn’t here to sign…
What kind of a Kingdom does Jesus have? No castle nor palace has he. No congress nor parliament sitting, deciding what laws there will be. Perhaps he has need of but two…
Too often, we think that giving our lives to God is like taking a $1,000 bill and laying it on the altar, saying, “Here’s my life, Lord. I’m giving it…
I work in a billing call center for an electric company. My job is literally to collect money or shut off power. It drains your empathy. Last week, I got…
