In Boston in 1770, Perez Morton penned these words: “When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound. When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear seized all the…
Simeon and Anna are the closest thing Jesus has to grandparents, and what grandparents! Both are at the Temple. Though it was my parents who first took me to…
I’ve been speaking about joy and light lately, not only because it’s Advent, not only because I feel the need for these blessings in my own life, but because…
In July of 2017, I was sitting beside my mother. She was lying in a hospital bed in the middle of the living room in the house I had grown…
Over the next few Sundays, I’d like to walk with you through the Beatitudes, this first part of the Sermon on the Mount. We’ve heard the Beatitudes often enough, perhaps,…
Satan? Are we really going to hear about that old myth, that nonsense? Beloved, whether you believe there is such a being, such an enemy as Satan or not, Scripture…