This is not a rhetorical question. It’s a question that I don’t know the answer to, and I’ve been giving it a lot of thought. Although we are told not to treat God as a vending machine in our ...

Dear God, I love you and there is no other God like you. You are the only true and living God. You are the God of Marcus, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I love you so much, Lord. You are God, the father, ...

There have been times that I’ve been found napping in my office. My chaplain response to that is, “No, I’m not napping. This is my prayer time.” That’s because in reality, I may be doing both – ...

If you asked me whether I pray, my initial reaction would be, “Of course I do. I pray at services on Friday night and Saturday morning. Every morning I say ‘Modah Ani’ to thank God that I am still ...

This is the prayer my synagogue reads aloud each Shabbat (Sabbath) morning: "Eternal God, we ask Your continued blessings for our country, the United States of America -- a beacon of light, liberty, ...

Good pastors always love their people. To be sure, there are some sheep who test our limits, but God infuses his shepherds’ DNA with his own deep love for his sheep. As surely as we can do nothing ...