At first I was too shocked to do anything. The salesclerk continued to mutter four-letter obscenities underneath her breath as she scanned my groceries. Her scowl furrowed further as she continued to ring up my supplies and snap at the assistant helping to bag. I...
Twelve billion light years away a dense cloud of molecules crumpled, exploding into a new star. The famous byproduct of this new birth? Water. Without water, human cells cannot function. Without water, plants cannot complete photosynthesis, vegetation’s way of...
Confession: Masks sometimes scare me. Though the artistic flair of a masquerade half mask can be spectacular, full masks make me uncomfortable. Not only is there mystery in whom I’m talking to, but they are too reminiscent of clown makeup for my liking. The...
Today Lent begins. I’ve been waiting for this day. Counting down the days. And Lent is finally here. During the next six weeks I’m going to be diving into the Gospel of John. I hope you’ll join me. The Gospel of John is written to help people-like...
Originally, Lent was designed as a time of preparation and worship for the believer. The forty days before Easter were set aside for penitence, prayer, and self-denial. Beginning on Ash Wednesday (which falls on February 22nd, this year), many people decide to give...
I love the story of Peter and Jesus walking on the water together. As I was rereading it in Matthew 14, a detail stood out to me that I never noticed before: Peter hopped out of the boat in the middle of a wind storm: The boat by this time was a long way from the...
