Today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. But for the Christian, this is a beautiful day that has already been fulfilled, along with all other Mosaic laws, as Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice for sin. Leviticus 16:30-34 and Hebrews 9:6-7 would be...

I wrote this liturgy for a friend the morning she got married—I knew the day would be stressful and hectic, but that it would also be one of the most meaningful pictures of Jesus in her life. If you have a friend getting married, please pass it on to them. I wish them...

Lord, my body is wearied,with a reminder,that I am a mortal man,in a broken world.This annoyanceexposes the underpinningsof a dark vail that has been drawnacross my physical body—a chain to the realm,of death and dying. I am not dying,but I am reminded that this...

Adoption is so close to God's heart. Before our third child, Van was conceived, we struggled with secondary infertility for a several years—desperately wanting to add another baby to our family, and being told no at every turn. For a brief moment in time, adoption was...

Father of all peoples,You who hold the belt of Orion,yet stoop to breathe life into dust,begin the process of stripping the layers,and revealing who I am beneath these scales. It is never easy to see a friend struggle,but let me be seen in this struggle by those...

Father God, I am broken and poured outthere is nothing left inside me.For these past momentsmy heart expanded in the goodness of your creation,in the promise of the child within.Yet now that promise is gone,and I mourn the loss of a future with this,your precious...