Waiting can be hard. It can be exciting.  Have you ever seen a flash of lightning and counted to see how far away the impending storm was by when the boom of thunder came? Whether it is barely a minute or several, there’s a time of waiting for what we expect will come next—the sound…

Have you ever made a decision that changed a day, a relationship, or even life, dramatically? We now find ourselves amid the first week of Lent. It’s a time set aside to examine our faith journeys, our choices, and how our lives and hearts are aligned with the teachings of Jesus. I have been sharing…

Remember I said I was going to share some “aha” moments with you as I read through the bible again this year? First, I shared about God’s grief. Then Jacob’s thinking. Today it’s Joseph—or perhaps, just perhaps, even us! Can lies, backstabbing, tragedy, or loss ever be good? While we may not all agree theologically…

Jacob is an interesting combination of smart, patient, strong-willed, cunning, deceiving, type of unbelieving hero. Somewhere in that line up we may find ourselves.  In Genesis 28 we find Jacob (after he cheated his brother Esau twice (first with stew and then with animal fur-great stories!), somewhere at night sleeping, using a rock for a…

Hey all (I learned saying this when we lived in the South, but it was ya’ll), I am going to focus my blogs on “aha” moments as I am reading the scriptures. Many of you know I begin each year with a new reading plan. Last year and this year I am reading straight through…

A while back, my husband and I went to see a live production of Jonah. As I watched the play and later pondered the scripture, I asked myself, “Is there anything good about Nineveh?” Nineveh was a large Assyrian city (late 7th century B.C.E.) whose people were ruthless, lawless, and lived in disobedience to God’s…