When I teach students the Bible, I like to give them the following breakdown of its sweeping themes: The Old Testament-The history of God The Psalms-The heart of God The proverbs-The wisdom of God The prophets-The fire of God The Gospels-The face of God The Epistles-The will of God The Revelation-The promise of God Each…

A student involved our ministry disappeared on a Friday night in June, and was not heard from by their family for several weeks. The police reports were filed, and we all began to think the worst. But then out of the blue, they posted on Facebook, yet made it clear they didn’t want contact with…

              The cafe was packed; chatter coming from every corner. I kept watching a young couple across from me laughing and leaning into their computers, sipping a latte.  The Lord had told me I needed to talk with them, but I was facing a dilemma.  This wasn’t 44th and Lexington,…

I suffer, and you suffer. It’s what we do as human beings. Whether it’s a nagging muscle ache, or an ongoing battle with run away emotions, it’s the common thread we share. When we are privy to the pain of another, our first call is intercession. That good and redemptive act does two things tantamount…

It was early morning, and not much chatter on the C train heading into Manhattan. I sat down next to a young man I noticed not sporting ear-phones. I asked him if he was a student, and he told me yes, but that he lived in St. Vincent in the Caribbean. I felt free to…

“Maybe we should have….”             Parents and others who work with young adults find themselves occasionally uttering these words while talking about how the ‘kids are turning out.’ Our brood of five grew up in the same crib, same sets of hands changing diapers, same set of anxious eyes waiting for them to come home…

Have you prayed for God to bring revival recently?             Not long ago, prayer leaders, pastors, common people and even young people were calling others to call upon God to bring down a fresh movement in the church.  It wasn’t just in a particular denomination, or vein of belief, but everywhere!  I too was captured…

Like a grain of sand under your big toe, more subtle temptations can do damage to our spirit over the long haul. They seem less heroic to overcome than the dirty dozen, or seven deadly sins, but don’t let that fool you. Satan will try all schemes necessary, gloves off and no holds barred to…

Charles deFoucauld said, “The thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything.”              I know, who is this guy?               Fear seems to singe the tips of our fingers, crowd the edges of our mind and is the first thing to push our feet faster when we fail to…

I was in the stands of a track & field meet surrounded by a sea of athletic garb, when a man in a three-piece suit came in and sat down. He wore a cap and held a cane. All around me athletes pretended not to notice him. I stopped staring when the 400-meter special Olympic…

Bring down your gracious hammer, Lord; Until nothing left of glitter shines, Sift my pulverized soul, crushed to dull, So, Jesus Christ ablaze, abides. Fainting, fighting joyful surrender, You Ended cruel uncertainty and shame; The hands and feet nailed to wood that day Are too my calling, my single aim. The wise pretend a dignity…

     Where was God during the last hours of Jesus’ life? The story of the passion is about two, not one walking through the crucible of the cross.  Jesus and the Father, side-by-side, speaking non-stop as He knelt in the garden, during torture; as nails pierced His flesh, as His body lifted from the…