William Hagenbuch

   It’s a song Christians learn as children. Its lyrics are simple yet profound. “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. They are yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world.” Did the 18-year-old white gunman…

It’s outrageous—or perhaps unkind—to suggest that from death comes life, especially when loss is new, unexpected, or overwhelming. Yet this is what I experience. This is what you experience (or can experience), too. The following story supports this. In Acts 9, we meet Tabitha, a believer who serves her community…

  The metaphor “Life is a highway” is fitting. We are, indeed, on a journey. The 1991 song “Life is a highway” by Canadian-born Tom Cochrane, covered in 2006 by country music artists Rascal Flatts, captures the road we are on as meaningful. As the song suggests, we are on…

  Feels good to have the power back on, doesn’t it? Your elation may be different than the one I’m about to share, but this scene in front of our family refrigerator may help you remember the joy you experienced when power returned after the April 19th heavyweight snowstorm wreaked…

  News of the war in the Ukraine shatters us, especially when we hear of war crimes against civilians. We have made it through the pandemic (mostly?). Inflation can bring too many of us our knees, particularly at the gas pump. Medical advances are great, but there’s still cancer. This…

Pour twelve-ounces of perform that costs a year’s wages over Jesus’ feet and oh, yes, you’ll get a reaction. The first is from the disciples who had gathered for dinner. They’re aghast. One of them may have cried, “This is NOT done!” Yet it is done—right in front of them….

    “Would you like to have your photo retouched?” the photographer’s sales agent asks after you’ve selected the pose you’d like to purchase. “We can brighten your eyes, remove blemishes and reduce the wrinkles on your face and neck.” Did you go for it? Did you present to the…