We enter the season of Lent by putting ashes on our foreheads. What’s symbolized here?  Perhaps the heart understands better than the head because more people go to church on…

A Prayer for Valentine’s Day Loving God,  As I think about Valentine’s Day, I bring you my heart…. a hopeful heart. a disappointed heart,  a confident heart, a heart in…

Have you pretty much given up on our politicians in Washington, D.C? Do you feel it is a hopeless cause that any of them are going to really change their…

Some of you old-time football fans will remember Bo Schembechler, the legendary head coach of the Michigan Wolverines from 1969 to 1989. He passed away in 2006 at the age…

There are two things we absolutely crave in our lives: predictability and spontaneity. We crave the comfort of predictability. We work long and hard to grow life in a steady…

We think that airport security scanners are new but the idea is very old.  Centuries ago, one of the palaces of Chang-an, the ancient capital of what is now known…

A motivational speaker once said there are two kinds of people in this world: those who say “whatever” and those who say, “whatever it takes.”  “Whatever” is the response of the shrug. It’s a…

Jesus discovered that only by turning to God when the crowds were pressing so hard against him could he ever hope to maintain a sharp focus on his true reason…

We live in a hi-tech, fast paced, workaholic world where no one rests. We are constantly on the road, running errands, going places. We stuff ourselves with "fast food," overbook…

Several winters ago a poorly paid waiter in a major city found a briefcase containing cash and negotiables in a parking lot. No owner was in sight. No one saw…