At its core, mercy is God's goodness applied to our badness, His love applied to our sin, and His grace applied to our guilt....  Read More

This is the text of the prayer we offered at the opening o f the Naitonal Day of Prayer on the steps of the Cook County, MN courthouse on Thuesday May 1, 2025 at noon: Psalm 24:1 (ESV) The earth is th...  Read More

I suppose, if people today had a favorite Psalm in the Bible, they would identify Psalm 23 as their favorite . . . or at least the one they've heard about.Psalm 23:1-6 (KJV) The LORD is my shepherd; I...  Read More

James 1:27 (ESV)  Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.Picture a man in a ...  Read More

Here are some thoughts regarding the difference between being judgmental and being discerning:As religious faith in general and the Christian faith in particular become more and more maligned and marg...  Read More

She was just twelve weeks old when we brought her home fourteen years ago. She and her brother, Bentley, had been a litter of two bred specifically by my brother-in-law in hopes to provide us with a "...  Read More