Paul speaking to the church in Ephesus: This is a church in utter persecution from every side.  John is delivering a message of hope and comfort to stay the course…but there’s a twist: “You have...

Apocalypse!  I think of erupting volcanoes. Plagues and pestilence. Starving people lining the streets. Armies on the march. Darkness across the land. And deception — a house of mirrors from which I cannot discern what...

Our Lord Jesus came from a line of people who seemed to make choices in an unusual way.  They had a knack for taking life that was barren and falling apart, reshaping the old broken...

The Apostles had just seen their Rabbi executed in the most horrific way.  They lost their North Star, the entire point of their existence for the last three years.  The sorrow, the disappointment must have...

If you’ve got two kids (or more), you work extra hard to make sure everything is *exactly equal*.  If one gets more spaghetti, more Christmas presents, or more money from the tooth fairy … it’s...

It’s impressive how long an ego can outlast an empty stomach.  I had been an eighth grader with a job and a plan. Everything thrilling was happening somewhere else, so I was going to brave...