I have to be honest with you guys. The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that we mark today has been weighing much heavier on me than I ever anticipated. At that point, I had…

Anyone who has spent time around little kids has probably played some version of the “opposite game.”  When you’re trying to help them build their understanding of things and their vocabulary, you go back and…

Hero to Zero – That’s probably how Simon Peter had to feel.  And I mean almost literally in the span of a few minutes. The Church divides this Gospel from the passage we heard last…

A couple stood on the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset in the summer of 2020 and said, “I do.” Like so many that year, every plan they had made — ceremony, reception, guest list, photographer —…

“My wife’s enemies are now my enemies too.”  That was the headline of an article I came across some years ago by writer Josh Gondelman. And honestly, it’s hard to ignore a headline like that…

Some names are so tightly connected to what they do they almost become synonymous with those pursuits.  You hear Gordon Ramsay, and you immediately think of food — celebrity chef, restaurants, cooking competitions, and usually…

We live in a day and age that gives us the impression that almost everything can be controlled. And in some ways, that is understandable. With a few taps on a screen, we can adjust…

Imagine this.  You’re asleep. Suddenly, God is standing right there.  Not in a booming voice from a cloud, not through a stained-glass window, but close enough that you can almost feel the presence. And He…