Pain is an inevitable part of life. The American Medical Association defines pain as “an unpleasant sensation related to tissue damage.”...

Often when we think of the creation narrative and garden of Eden, we think of the poetic words that open the book of Genesis. “In the...

As the base of Mount Sinai God s ays to the people, “ You shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole...

There was a time in my life when I was certain that there was one thing I was supposed to do with my life. And it was my job to discover...

When I first travelled to Egypt, I had this idea that my presence would be an encouragement to the Christians there. And it was. But...

When I lived in Atlanta the seven mile-drive between home and work could take anywhere from fifteen minutes to thirty minutes depending...

A labyrinth is a kind of maze. It’s basically a perfect circle with a path that curls inside leading to a center point. Like the one at...

On the last night Jesus spent with his disciples the Gospels record two different scenes. You, Too, Must by Lisle Gwynn Garrity, A...

When we think of Moses, we generally remember the man who would turn out to be God’s partner in the liberation of the Hebrew people from...

Perhaps the most common question I am asked as a pastor is how to encounter or meet God. As humans, who are continually seeking to follow...

Pentecost, fifty days after Easter, is the day we celebrate the Holy Spirit descending on the disciples sounding something like a mighty...

In the Gospel of John, when Jesus gathers with his disciples in the upper room on the night of his arrest, John records the longest...

I am rule-follower. I appreciate knowing that there are rules and regulations, standards and expectations, dos and don’ts in our daily...

We find the shortest verse in the Bible in John 11, “Jesus wept.” Break Open by Rev. Lisle Gwynn Garrity, A Sanctified Art When faced...

Trevor Hudson writes, “Each of us sits next to a pool of tears. As you read my words you are sitting beside your pool; and as I write...

There’s no denying it, the world in which we live is growing more divided, more isolated, and more disconnected. Over the last several...

It’s Easter evening when we meet Cleopas and his unnamed companion walking to Emmaus. Neither are really known characters in the Gospel...

There is something about Holy Week, and especially Maundy Thursday, that gets me every year. On Maundy Thursday, we remember that before...

Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. Even the Stones Will Cry by Lauren Wright Pittman, A Sanctified Art It’s the beginning of a...

In his collection of essays, The Weight of Glory , C.S. Lewis writes, “It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and...