The Lent period is the 40 days before Easter when traditionally Christians look at the Easter story in all its magnificence and complexity and prepare their hearts for the life-changing events which the death and resurrection of Jesus represent. Often, this period is...

Haggai is a short prophetic book in the Old Testament dealing with a specific time and situation. Israel had returned to her land from exile (as God had foretold and as a result of His faithfulness.) They returned to devastation and destruction. The temple - that...

Psalm 22 begins in despair: 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer, by night but I find no rest.' (Ps 22:1-2) There is a place for raw emotion in...