Everything Jesus says and does is with Rabbinic intent and instruction. Not one encounter is wasted and the healing of this man at the pool of Bethesda is no different. ...

At the end of the movie The Wizard of Oz, the cowardly lion discovers that he himself is not actually cowardly. He just needs an awareness of the strength within him to be bold and daring in the face of adversity. ...

A soul, lost in pain and disappointment, finds comfort in realizing it isn’t alone. When our tears are validated by a stranger along the way who cries out “Me too!” in surprise and delight, suddenly he is no longer a stranger but a friend, a comrade, a sojourner....

Nothing causes more tension than the subject of tithing. Some believe that Malachi 3:10 (NIV) settles the issue: “‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house....

Forgiveness. When you read that word how do you feel it in your heart and your body? Who or what came to mind?...

Did you know that many of the promises God made are fulfilled through Christ Jesus? One such promise occurred when the angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph saying, “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21 NIV). When Mary gave birth to Jesus, God’s promise was partially fulfilled....

The devastating events of September 11, 2001, were designed to destroy our unity and our collective consciousness as a nation. They accomplished just the opposite, however....

God could have shown up as a full-grown, wise adult. Christ could have stormed onto the scene with guns blazing, voice raising, and reign taking....

We end where we began, in Genesis. The first thing God called “holy” was the seventh day or Sabbath. ...

In the movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, there’s an Island of Misfit Toys where the broken, defective, and unwanted toys live. For various reasons, these misfits were not chosen to be placed in homes....