(Deuteronomy 8) The  Promised Land. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops. Somewhere over the rainbow . . . Yet, as Moses and his people train their eyes on the opposite riverbank, he points to a real place. Not over the rainbow. But over the Jordan. That, he declares, is The…

(Luke 22:7-13)  A free afternoon. On a gorgeous day. What a glorious prospect. Until a request comes in. To spend this magnificent weather day sitting inside with a friend’s mom who has dementia. Not really what I had in mind. But I do have room in my afternoon. And so begins what turns out to…

(John 21:1-14) I wouldn’t call what I’m experiencing a spiritual dry spell. More like the absence of peace. An unsettling sensation of being out of sync with the Lord. For reasons I can’t put my finger on. I pray for an answer and open my Bible. To where I left off. I just don’t have…