Luke 14:1, 7-14 It was the last week of my senior year in high school. My two best friends and I were seated in a hot, overcrowded...

Jeremiah 1:4-10 The most frequently asked question of any pastor I know, including this one, is: “How were you called into ministry?” It...

Revelation 7:9-17 Toward the end of Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, Vladimir asks Pozzo: “What do you do when you fall far from...

I Corinthians 1:1-9 The ancient city of Corinth had quite a reputation. “From the time of Aristophanes on,” writes Frederick Buechner,...