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Nehemiah: Saved by Hope

November 19, 2025

Nehemiah: Saved by Hope

For many of us, the feeling is familiar. When we look back at what we’ve accomplished, we ask the same questions: Did I complete the work to which I was called?

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November 19, 2025

Nehemiah: Saved by Hope

For many of us, the feeling is familiar. When we look back at what we’ve accomplished, we ask the same questions: Did I complete the work to which I was called?

November 4, 2025

Ezra: The Price of Peace

Ezra gave the people a lasting peace — but at a price.

October 22, 2025

2 Chronicles: All Shook Up

You may have seen the quip, “I can do all things through a verse taken out of context.” Let’s not do that here.

October 5, 2025

1 Chronicles: Decoration Day

“One of the tasks of any conqueror is making the defeated people forget their past or even rewrite their history completely. It is a tool for domesticating them.”

September 23, 2025

Break Bread and Give Thanks

Probably, if I were to settle on an image for The Gathering, it would be this simple.

July 23, 2025

The Storm Home

Through it all they never lost their love for those who over many years had washed up on their doorstep, been taken in, saved from the flood and our feet put on solid ground.

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