Sitting At The Foot of the Mountain

It's been a while! Thank you for your patience.  I went out of town and then celebrated Thanksgiving. I hope yours was a restful time wi...

Let's ponder a moment our former Egyptian slaves.  They are wandering in the desert, grumbling and stumbling, questioning God and drivin...

I have been told I have a prophet's heart, which is a nice way of saying I am a pessimist. But I am not a pessimist for the sake of bein...

With the election looming large, I have been thinking about American Exceptionalism. I had to look that phrase up, because it seems to invok...

"The problem with everyday," my mom used to say, "It's, well, so every day." That right there is life in the desert:...

Sometimes, in our effort to be spiritual, we store our lives in neat, tidy and separate boxes. We go to church, pray, go to a Bible study, t...

We are following the Israelites, and if you ever wonder why something is in the Bible, it's because human nature does not fundamentally ...