When my wife and I lived in Tucson, AZ we had some friends who worked for a missionary organization called Wycliffe Bible Translators....

Leon Bridges modern take on soul music made me a fan instantly. He released his first album, Coming Home, in 2015 and I was especially...

Isaac Watts (1674-1748), an English Congregational minister and theologian, is credited with over six hundred hymns and psalm...

Many hymns, statements of faith, are borne out of tragedy. Most often they are not tragic encounters of what has happened in the past but...

During senior year I was asked to write a faith essay at Luther Seminary on what is most important about my faith. I chose “grace.” For...

I have been through a few storms in my life, so when I first heard the song, "Eye of the Storm," performed by the praise band at St....

I have always felt I wanted to make a difference in life. I wanted to count, I wanted to be important in some way or another. Maybe you...

Maya Angelou, a beloved poet of the 20th century wrote a poem entitled, “Alone.” Her poetry has always moved me and this poem is no...

In early Spring 2013, my family of four was living a contented life in Eagan, MN in a house we loved, in a neighborhood we loved, walking...

This wonderfully reassuring letter came to my attention just last month, when it was used as a devotion at the Zoom meeting of the First...