God spoke to the people through the prophet Isaiah in chapter 58: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: … Is it not to share your food with the hungry    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them,    and not to turn away from your […]

God. I listened to Messiah the other night straight through. I mean, I listen to the recording, three records, six sides. I listen one side over and over, and then flip the record. But this is in person, with other people. People we know. Our daughter in the middle of it, on the line between […]

God- We are skeptical of kings. We are skeptical of political answers to our problems. But the truth is, we are skeptical about any answers to our problems. Some of us are skeptical about most things. We work and other people win.We pray and people we love are still sick.We love and we are misunderstood.We […]

A 2-oz canister of Play-doh costs about 54 cents. (Less if you buy a case of 48). When I was littler, I worried a lot about keeping the colors separate. Because it would, perhaps, ruin them if you mixed them up. Ben was over last night, playing with Grandma Nancy. He had the black Play-doh, which […]

Paul knew the words Jesus had said about the temple being destroyed and the social upheaval and the natural disasters and the persecution. He lived in the middle of it, even during his lifetime. It’s revealing that he didn’t get caught up in the worry. Instead, he worked hard on his tentmaking and his teaching […]