When my writing crosses the line into sentimentality, I am taking more than half, by which I mean that I am doing my own emotional

Normally, my relationship with social media is complicated—but on my birthday, it feels fun. Messages, pictures, and love pour in.

Of the many words that name aspects of love, tender is one of my favorite.   I used to sing my daughters to sleep, and later

The books, the board games, the educational toys, the movies, the building blocks, the pots and pans, the guitars, and even the seeds for planting

Popular film after film in the early 2000s had the same premise: young men behaving poorly, but claimed as lovable and good if they managed

Those who limit Easter to the bodily appearances of Jesus slight this promise of Jesus: “I will appear to them.” In worship, we should expect

Of course, things could be worse. You could find yourself in a frightening blank nothingness in which you can’t find any WiFi. You might have

You and I both know it’s not good to call Jesus “Lord, Lord” if we don’t do what he says .

The view is limited from the seat of a kayak. This lovely little river winds through a flood plain of Midwestern forests and forest openings