"We can all please God. We must only choose well. Many go abroad to study, pursuing knowledge far from home, but the kingdom of God is...

"On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and...

March 25. Nine months until Christmas. Today we remember the annunciation - the angel Gabriel coming to Mary to tell her (ask her?) that...

There always seems to be news about disasters, whether natural or caused in some way by humans in our greed, arrogance, or simply...

No interpretation today, just some pictures of the beautiful French countryside. Sabbath. Let the earth glorify the Lord, praise him and...

"You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse...

Some days, I read the appointed texts and think "thanks be to God?" Today was one of those days. Luckily, there is another way! Today in...

"Do you want to be made well?" Jesus asks a man. The man, who has been ill for many years, replies that there is no one to put him in the...

Today we remember Joseph, the man who, with Mary, raised Jesus. This was certainly not part of his life plan; in fact, when he found out...

"The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree." Then the Lord said...

If I was preaching today, the last few days would have been different. Instead of showing friends around our temporary home, sitting in...

So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and...

(This fresco is on the wall of our apartment, above where I sit to write. Origin unknown. I like to imagine her leading me in worship.)...

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life....

"Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord." (Hebrews 3:19) This verse is the end of the...

"Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God, by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am...

(Photo of Katrina in the Judean wilderness, April 2018) "After his baptism, Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and...

Paul writes to Titus: "Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak...

Yesterday we ventured outside Montpellier to hike Pic St. Loup. We packed a lunch, successfully picked up our electric car and set "Pic...

Young Samuel at prayer, Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1777 I saw this painting yesterday at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. The story of Samuel's...