I was reading through Arnold van Gennep's 1909 classic, The Rites of Passage, which argued that separation, transition and incorporation were three stages that mark the passage from childhood to adulthood and ...

We’ve all experienced times of s-l-o-w-n-e-s-s. The Scriptures uses a particular language, terms that are deemed necessary during times of delays. Waiting.

A band named the Byrds in 1965 had a huge hit called "Turn! Turn! Turn!" The lyrics began: "To everything, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn" was based on the passage from Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, "To...

Our family frequently takes long road trips. Whenever we pass a deer sign, my son taps me on the shoulder and says, "There's a deer." I explain to him that it is only a drawing of a deer, and the sign is cautio...

Take your foot off the gad. Slow down. Drink some coffee. Breathe.

The focus of Scripture is not about our schedules, but about embracing the call to be fully present to God and people.

How often does your soul need collaboration?

Nicolas Herman was born in 1614 in eastern France. His family was extremely poor, which forced him to join the army. During his time in the Thirty Years' War, Herman had an unusual experience. Staring and g...

The first hymn I learned proclaims, "Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, how great thou art, how great thou art." In the course of my Christian life, I have come to see that it's hard to sing that ch...

A word to younger youth workers: You will get older, and there are lessons from childhood to be rediscovered. The students I teach have no clue how old I am and probably don't care. When I tell them my age (...