Power, Promise, People

March 28, 2024
“On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and…

Water, Tree, Word

December 31, 2023
It’s hard to know what to make of Revelation.  It can feel daunting, and not just because there’s so much going on, so many things to try to keep track…

Those Who Pour

May 28, 2023
Eastern Oregon is, most of the year, a dry place of grassy hills and prairies.  In the northeastern part of the state is the town of Milton-Freewater, known for orchards…

What Faith Does

March 20, 2022
David in the desert of Judah: a dry, desolate place.  Why was the favored one, the man after God’s own heart, in such a God-forsaken place?  He was wanted, dead…

Joy’s Foundation

January 16, 2022
“[T]he eternal Son of God was a guest at a feast.”[1]  You could do worse than to have Jesus as a guest at your celebration.  I haven’t been sure how…

Come with Weeping

January 2, 2022
Hosanna!  Lord, save us, please!  That’s what hosanna means: save us!  Make your praises heard, and pray that God would save His remnant (31:7).  Did you notice the order of…
As long as I can remember, I have loved churches.  Partly, it’s the architecture—especially of the older churches; more, though, it’s the atmosphere, the feel.  My sister would say the…

He Gives Us Himself

August 12, 2018
Moses, Buddha, Mohammed—each pointed to a way, a way of living, an ethical system.  A way of life.  Jesus does not come for that.  Jesus doesn’t give us a way…