I’ll finish reading the verse in a moment, but first we will pause here- every morning when I open my Bible, I don’t jump into it• but at the entrance to the Scriptures, I take a moment to slow my breath, and focus my attention

Friday morning, near the end of a long walk,I passed by a mother and her toddler son- he was on a small four-wheel bike, perfectly fitted to him• he was poised to move from asphalt to a dirt slope◦ I said, “Looks like you’re about t...

As we make our way back into Hosea this morning,Let’s remember the passion running through the entire book- it isn’t what we’re likely to feel when reading the bare words• what it sounds like, is the ranting of an enraged deity

Imagine you're walking through an art gallery, and standing nearby is the artist whose work you admiring. So you point to an object in one corner of an especially beautiful painting, and ask the artist, "Why did you put this right here? What do...

We are returning to Hosea this morningThe prophet who had to experience in his own life, with his wife, what God had experienced with Israel– a people who were unfaithful to him, not only by adultery,• but prostituting themselves...