When I noticed a sprig budding next to the garden hose by our porch I ignored the seemingly harmless eyesore How could a little weed possibly hurt our lawn But as the weeks passed that nuisance grew to be the size of a small bush and began taking over our yard Its stray stalks arched over a portion of our walkway and sprouted up in other areas Admitting its destructive existence I asked my husband to help me dig out the wild bushweed by the roots then protect our yard with weed killer When we ignore or deny its presence [... more]

In this sermon from Luke's Gospel we see Jesus seek and save an unlikely candidate for salvation [... more]

In the mid- s two people participated in research on the effects of darkness on the human psyche They entered separate caves while researchers tracked their eating and sleeping habits One remained in total darkness for days the other days Each guessed how long they could remain in darkness and were off by months One took what he thought was a short nap only to discover he rsquo d slept for hours Darkness is disorienting The people of God found themselves in the darkness of impending exile They waited unsure of what would take place The prophet Isaiah used darkness [... more]