The Sons of Korah: A Lesson in Chain Breaking
Reading Time: 8 minutesLast week’s Sabbath Thought was a little on the gloomy side. I think we ended on a positive note, but looking at …
How to Turn Success Into Failure
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe kingdom of Judah was in a bad way. Athaliah—wife of the late king Jehoram (who lived wickedly until he was struck …
Ten Years of Little Steps
Reading Time: 4 minutesA little step is insignificant. A little step, taken once every day for ten years? Less insignificant. Over time, all those little …
Be Cézanne, not Picasso
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen it comes to art, I have two basic rules: 1) It has to look nice and 2) I’m not paying more …
To the Angel of the Church in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine reading through Christ’s instructions to the seven churches of Revelation, only to get to the end of chapter three and discover …
What We Do in the Storms
Reading Time: 2 minutesI will always have a lot of respect for Job. He catches a lot of flak for his behavior toward the end …
Five Words
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Washington, DC, in a museum just down the road from the Smithsonian, there’s an old, beat-up piece of wood on display. …
The Gap
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo often, Pentecost feels to me like the last ellipsis before we trail off into deafening silence. We have this meaningful, tangible …
Three Ways to Move a Mountain
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know of three ways to move a mountain. The first is to attempt some kind of herculean effort, tearing the whole …
What’s Missing?
Reading Time: 1 minuteYou come home at the end of a long day, only to find the most important things in your life are gone. …