By Greg Yoder, a senior music major from Perkasie, Pa. DEVOTIONAL: Lent is a season of waiting. Like the people of God following Moses through the wilderness, I grow impatient. The constant reminders that Jesus is going to die wear on me, perhaps similarly to the ways in which miles and miles of walking, dry … Keep reading »

By Rachel Lapp, assistant professor of communication THIS WEEK’S THEME: By grace you have been saved DEVOTIONAL: What was I doing in one of San Salvador’s most dangerous, crime-ridden neighborhoods after sunset? Determined to use the public transportation system, I had passed by a line of taxis that could have quickly taken me back to … Keep reading »

By Sheldon Good, a senior communication and business double major from Telford, Pa. DEVOTIONAL: I can distinctly remember the accompanying picture in my children’s Bible from first grade about when Jesus cleanses (condemns) the temple. I remember considering what it would look like if Jesus came and overturned our tables at one of my church’s … Keep reading »

By Becky Horst, associate registrar and grants coordinator DEVOTIONAL: What is wisdom? Wisdom does not always accompany good grades. Walker Percy once said, “You can get all A’s, and still flunk life.” I can testify to the truth of that statement, and you probably can too.

By Paul Keim, professor of Bible and religion DEVOTIONAL: In this Lenten season the economy dominates the headlines. People are losing jobs and houses and investments. Politicians and experts suggest various solutions, take decisive action. But no end is in sight. Companies that seemed impregnable a short while ago have suddenly collapsed like a house … Keep reading »

By Regina Shands Stoltzfus, assistant professor of sociology DEVOTIONAL: When I was 14, my younger brother and I spent the summer down south with our cousins. We were city kids, and that summer in Mom’s rural hometown presented to us a different way of life. As is the nature of small towns, everyone seemed to … Keep reading »

By Jeff Hochstetler, admission counselor THIS WEEK’S THEME: My rock and my redeemer DEVOTIONAL: I have been given many presents over the years, but one gift in particular is especially important to me. It is a hymnal given to me by my church the spring before I went off to college. Books given as presents … Keep reading »

By Luke Gascho, executive director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College DEVOTIONAL: The old trunk of an apple tree had been lying on the floor of my garage of a number of years. It was gnarly and crooked. At some point, it had been exposed to moisture, so some fungal activity had … Keep reading »

By Heather Zimmerman, a junior American Sign Language major from Barrigada, Guam DEVOTIONAL: What is the promise that the author of today’s Scripture speaks about? It is righteousness. But what is righteousness? Webster’s Dictionary defines righteousness as being just, honorable, free from guilt/wrong. How can we obtain righteousness? Can we as mere humans, whose hearts … Keep reading »

By Carl Helrich, professor of physics DEVOTIONAL: We wait in faith. But we do not forget what we have known. And we do not forget what sorrows have brought us here. Psalm 22 begins with the last words Jesus cried out on the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” We hear … Keep reading »