We don’t want to wait. We think waiting is a bad thing, an enemy to be eliminated. If I had a choice, I would never choose to wait. We have no time to waste. No one taught me how to be in a hurry or hate waiting in lines. I know how to be impatient.

“Hope” is a word often thrown around—from political campaigns to advertisements promising to satisfy the deepest longings of our souls. Every person longs for hope. It’s what drives us to face each new day. Without hope, we are lost. The problem is that the kind of hope offered by the world often falls short. We

“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted.” I wonder if these words from Isaiah the prophet describe your life and soul right now. Many people’s lives are marked by a simmering pain – like a boat lost at sea that cannot reach the shore, there is a weight upon their heart that pleads for a

There is a parable that Jesus told in the Bible about two sons (Luke 15:11-32). One day, the younger son came to his father and asked for his inheritance early so that he could go off and live life doing whatever he pleased. Even though this was an incredibly inappropriate request to ask for an