It was only our high school madrigal choir singing a Gregorian chant. But the beautiful, haunting discords and harmonies in the minor keys swelled my...

The Son of Man was completely and utterly human, which means of course that he experienced the entire range of human emotions—emotions untainted by sin...

I will never forget Thanksgiving Day 1963. I was fourteen years old, living on a farm in Maryland, and Mr. Cauthorne, the owner of the big estate across the...

When New Testament Christians read this verse on an Old Testament parchment, or when the early church fathers, such as Wycliffe, read it from the newly...

How would you communicate to a child spiritual truths like justice, mercy, and grace? They are heavy-duty principles even for an adult! But they are also the...

I'm dumping my old address book for a new one. I can’t believe how many names I’ve accumulated over the years. Some of them I don’t even recognize...

What a beautiful month this is! The trees back on our family farm in Maryland are rustling their colorful skirts, ablaze in wild reds and crazy yellows...

Last night, right before prayer time, I was struggling to push out of my heart one of those useless daydreams. My thinking was, I don’t want to approach...