Have you ever started planning a project with thinking first of the ending? You have such a strong vision for the end results that you...

Who owns a pair of perfectly fitting jeans? As I understand, jeans from off the shelf don’t ever fit just right. I have seen a commercial...

In first-grade religion class a few years ago, I was teaching the story of Joseph and his brothers. When I announced the story about...

Not to bore you with the details of how preachers put a sermon together, but we have available to us in-depth commentaries by Bible...

With so many top news stories these days, we have a lot to keep up with. The list is long: an upcoming national election, hurricanes,...

Imagine you are on a hike going up a mountain and are approaching a cliff. How close will you get to the edge? I love hiking, but I’m not...

Since it is has been mostly a steamy summer, we could meet down at Lake Michigan where it is a little cooler for worship. And while we...

With staying at home more these days, we have had the chance to catch up with our favorite television shows. The Emmy nominations came...

Hitting a baseball and doing well in life have something in common. It is all about timing. Back in my days in Little League, I was not a...

In sales, when it is difficult to persuade someone to buy something, they call it a “tough sell.” An example can be when a cable company...

Playing games like Go Fish with a young child can get a little tricky. Children have fragile egos that need to be developed. It does not...

Sports fans! Did you hear the news? Soon, we will be hearing the crack of a bat again, but I am disappointed that it is not in time for...

Like most kids, my nine-year-old great-niece wants a hamster. So, my niece, trying to teach a lesson about responsibility, gave the usual...

How are you with predictions? Do you have strong gut feelings about how a situation is going to turn out? What is your level of...

I have to say that I miss my “Cubbies” this summer. We are approaching mid-June, and I am seeing that my whole summer routine is off....

Do you have a list of would’ve, could’ve, and should’ves? If you do have a list, how long is it? Are there some regrets that keep rolling...

As we have been staying home more lately, we have had time to brush up on our talents. Have you been juggling, singing, tap dancing, or...

An empty tomb. Soldiers were ordered to seal the entrance, but the seal had been broken. Running to the tomb, Peter sees the heavy stone...

“April is the cruelest month” in T.S. Eliot’s 1921 poem, “The Waste Land,” because, as spring brought signs of new life and renewal,...

In seminary, when I was taking the class that taught how to put a sermon together, I remember the professor saying that if you talk about...