We might wonder, “What did Jesus look like?” “What does God look like?” Then remembering that we are made in the image of God, we may hear God say to us, “I look like you.”

Perhaps you’ve asked someone to write you a letter of recommendation. If so, you chose someone you could trust, someone honest (but not brutally so), someone with good language skill. The one who knows us best is God. What would God write for our letter of recommendation?

My typical day is filled with ordinary tasks. As a liturgist/musician I write General Intercessions, select songs, practice music, post hymn numbers. As a member of a team caring for Lial Renewal Center, I perform many mundane activities: weeding, sweeping, dusting, washing windows and dishes. In some way these tasks

Appreciating creation and then thanking the Creator is a beautiful way to know and love God. A waterfall reminds us of the God of Life. A newborn reveals the God of Tender Love. Flowers, insects, and animals are an endless source of amazement in the God of Infinite Creativity. When

Regardless of the manner used in prayer, prayer gradually makes our lives more a prayer. At some point prayerful living and living prayer fuse. A person facing long weeks of bone marrow transplants or chemotherapy prays, and their struggle for life is their prayer. Such a patient reaches for the

We speak of a “day of reckoning” when our deserved rewards and punishments will be meted out, sometimes in the context of death. The reward will be due in part to our response on “the day of beckoning,” when we were asked to follow Christ. The day of beckoning began

Recently I took a two-mile wagon ride through Rolling Ridge Ranch in the Amish country in eastern Ohio. Beefalo, zebu cattle, yak, Brahma cattle, Nigai, antelope, emus, ostriches, llamas, alpacas, and many other animals gathered at the wagon whenever it stopped. They knew they would be fed from our buckets.

Pentecost is coming (June 8), so it’s time to pray “Come, Holy Spirit” often—perhaps while mowing the grass or walking the dog. Will the Holy Spirit really come? Of course it will! The Spirit may even strengthen our personal spiritual journey. Wouldn’t it be great if we all considered Pentecost

In a church where the custom is to ring bells at the consecration, a small child quite loudly said “Ding-dong!” imitating the bells. “Ding-dong”: the sound of a doorbell indicating someone wants admittance. Today listen for the “ding-dongs” of those persons who seek some admittance into our lives, and remember

Where did the expression “Holy Mackerel” come from? Was it the surprise catch of 153 fish by the apostles a few days after the resurrection of Jesus? You’d think that these fisher-apostles would instinctively try to prevent torn nets and a capsized boat. Instead their attention was on the man