Sabbath Thoughts
What a year. I just… What. A. Year. Way back in 2019 (which was, by my count, just 83 short months ago), I remember joking that 2020 was going to be a great year for hindsight jokes. “In retrospect, we really should have seen this year coming”—that sort of thing. …
The first time I saw my daughter’s face, she was still in the womb. We were so eager to catch even a …
Next week will mark the fourteenth anniversary of my baptism. Fourteen years. Almost a decade and a half since I formally accepted …
We can’t see it. We like to tell ourselves that we can, but we can’t. Sometimes, if we position ourselves just right, …
On the cusp of the Promised Land, Moses told the Israelites, See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD …
There are two important facets to that instruction: “The truth” and “love.” What are you saying, and why are you saying it? …
“Is anything too hard for the LORD?” (Genesis 18:14) That’s the question at the heart of Abraham’s story—and at the heart of …
The only thing we really know about Lot’s wife is that she looked back. That’s it. We don’t know her name, we …
Jesus taught that the two great commandments, the summation and foundation of “all the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 22:40), the pathway …
I want to live in a world where black people don’t have to worry about being abused, harassed, or murdered by police …