On occasion I am called to our local hospital when our fire department transports a patient, and they think a chaplain will be needed and...

I’ve been reading through the Psalms the past few months. One a day. I love how simplicity and perplexity create a tension all the way...

A few days ago, I started reading from the Gospel of Luke a chapter a day with an interest to simply to better understand Jesus and what...

Happy Good Friday! Wow. That sounds weird. Happy Good Friday. Today, we remember the actual day Jesus was tortured and crucified....

I desire to be at peace with this God who is so often seemingly unknowable. Despite all we think we know about God, and all the nuances...

Read this today: “…all men who live according to their five senses and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites...

It’s Christmas…almost. Christians celebrate the birth of baby Jesus. Do you ever wonder about Jesus? About Jesus being born and...

"Faith is a coat against this nakedness.” I read that sentence recently at the start of a book I’m reading. “This nakedness” refers to...

We are God’s children, right? All of humanity. His creation. His creativity. We came from his DNA, his image. We are his offspring. His...

You’ve heard of the “thin blue line,” right? It’s a symbolic phrase in law enforcement and known in the public domain as referring to...

I work alongside some amazing people who are cops and firefighters. For many years I’ve shared with them some of the most heart...

It’s tough getting old! It is so cliché! My back! My neck! My knees! Arthritis setting in! Menthol and CBD creams! Can’t remember why I...

The older I get (and I am getting older but not ready to be “old” quite yet) the more I tend to stand back and question, wonder and...

My father was a pragmatist—Get er’ done! In the early 1900’s his parents escaped the Ottoman Empire’s genocide of Armenians which also...

I read this the other day. “God is not only stranger than we think, but stranger than we can think.” It is a strange world that we live...

I have a few embarrassing Costco stories. Like the time I dropped a large container of fresh blueberries in the parking lot as I was...

I ran across an online ad today which announced the first Sunday service of a new church in the area. Being a bit curious about it I...

Ewan McGregor, of Star Wars fame (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and many other films, has produced several adventure documentaries over the years...

One early morning a couple of weeks before Christmas when living in Austin I was having breakfast with several friends and my fire...

It was Christmas, and I was beholding a holiday spectacle of neatly wrapped and colorful presents. There were scarlet red boxes with...