Most of us can probably count among our friends or acquaintances the professional job-hopper. That's the person who moves from one good job to another, always open to the next offer that promises more.

Jesus called Simon and Peter while they were in the middle of  their livelihood--fishing. He showed them the deeper dimension to their work and their life by telling them they would now be "fishers of men."

John the Baptist's statement that "a man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me" demonstrates true humility.

It was one thing to go around telling everyone to repent, but to testify that he'd met the Messiah--most people thought John had finally gone off his rocker.

Many people do not handle transition very well. It's easy during that time to lose equilibrium.

Saint John the Baptist stands between the Old and New Testaments like a "pivot man," the one on a basketball team who gets the ball from one player and passes it quickly to another.

Every year millions of Christian pilgrims come to the Jordan River to be baptized, rebaptized, renew vows, and so on. The river, however, is not only a spiritual locale but a physical place as well--and a place with problems.

It seems easier for us to put up a false front than to be authentically who we are. And yet when we discover who we are at our deepest core and are able to be that person fully, we are liberated and God is well pleased.

Great leaders in every profession and trade try to walk in the shoes of those they serve to gain insights into the best way to lead and set an example of how to follow.

You have probably heard the saying, "Like father, like son." This maxim applies very well to Jesus and his Abba (father).