I was up early the other morning so I thought I’d build a fire in the wood stove as a nice surprise for my husband when he woke up. I opened the door of the stove and realized I hadn’t cleaned out the ...

It’s easy to forget how strange the story of Jesus’s resurrection is, or how it might sound to someone hearing it for the first time. The broad strokes — God became human, taught and healed, was ...

"Christmas lights, Christmas lights, everywhere you go. Up and down and all around, in ice and rain -- and sleet and snow. Why lights, someone asks, always at Christmas season? I can answer, not a ...

During my freshman year in college I, along with some friends, decided it would be a great idea to hike the bluffs in Winona for a night of camping. We started our trek to the top after the sun had ...

“When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill ...

There are many instances in the gospels of Jesus restoring sight to the blind, but this is different. This man was blind from birth, so Jesus was giving him something he had never had. The gift of ...

Soon the Christmas season will be upon us. Perhaps by now some preachers have already planned their sermon series—while others may not yet have settled on how to approach preaching the Incarnation. Of ...