About 15 years ago one of our family members accompanied a coworker from another country to receive treatment at Denver’s National Jewish Health Sleep Center. The coworker hadn’t been able to sleep for over a [...]

By this time a lot of men and women of questionable reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all pleased. They growled, “He takes [...]

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. The first day is a sacred [...]

“‘The LORD's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of that month the LORD's Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread [...]

If you have tried to read through the entire Bible, you may have struggled with the book of Leviticus. It is a book full of rules and regulations detailing temple worship. Many might consider this [...]

My title today is a quote from our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, who was well known for his joie de vivre ‘exuberant enjoyment of life’. I’m tempted to think he might have had a [...]

…you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 23:5 (ESV) Do you sometimes read a familiar passage and glimpse something new? Here’s a short video I saw recently: her cup overflows. What [...]

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalms 23:5 Have you ever wondered why in this text God doesn't destroy or [...]

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 NIV Blessed [...]

The Lord is my Shepherd {to feed, guide and shield me}, I shall not lack. He lets me lie down in {fresh, tender} green pastures. He Leads me beside the still and restful waters. He [...]