Yesterday I flew into an airport I had never been to before—DCA. I stepped off the plane, stopped briefly at the restroom, and then made my way to baggage claim. “Baggage claim number 10,” they had said. When I arrived, four flights were listed on the monitor. Then I saw mine: Syracuse 3163. My son arrived shortly after to pick me up, and I let him know I was waiting for my luggage. He said he'd drive around the circle. Soon, I heard the alarm on baggage claim ten and the light flashed, and...

I’ve often wondered why Zechariah was silenced while Mary was blessed when reading the Christmas story. Their responses seem so similar at first glance, yet God’s response to each is strikingly different. Luke’s Gospel opens with two angelic visits, two miraculous announcements, and two people caught completely off guard—one a seasoned priest in the Temple and the other a teenage girl in Nazareth. Their stories sit side by side, inviting us to look closer, to listen deeper, and to recognize...

Our family loves football. Well, let me rephrase that—the men in our family love football. The ladies they are married to might enjoy...