For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him...Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Psalm 62:5,8 Waiting is something we all experience -- for big things and...

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a...

“But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid.” Luke 12:7 Karen had cut my hair for over 25 years at Kennedy Mall in Dubuque.  She knew every hair on my head.  In returning to Wartburg Seminary for a visit...

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:15-16 I’ve looked at Christ from both sides now: From suffering and glory, from then and...

For ‘All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord endures for ever.’ 1 Peter 1:24-25a Tick, tick, tick... The wind-up clock sitting on the...

Job would take exception to that cliché – and Joseph, and Paul. And I'm guessing that If we walk around thinking God won’t give us more than we can handle, we’re setting ourselves up for a huge disappointment.   In 2...

“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.” 1 John 4:9   I was blind, and I couldn’t see your face; Then you filled my heart with...

Read Luke 1: 57-80 There is a holy melody of God's promises. Sung from Abraham and Sarah to Elizabeth and Zechariah, from my grandmother in her rural church choir, to me singing in the chapel when I was at seminary. Hymnody and liturgy...

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Hebrews 13:8 It changed from summer to autumn here in Wisconsin overnight.  Suddenly it got cold, gloomy, and rainy.  The leaves are starting to change color. The feeling...

Blessed be the longing that brought you here And quickens your soul with wonder May you have the courage to listen to the voice of desire That disturbs you when you have settled for something safe. May you have the wisdom to enter...