How much of your worship service is spent reading and hearing Scripture? 10 percent? 15 percent? More? Less? …
How much of your worship service is spent reading and hearing Scripture? 10 percent? 15 percent? More? Less? …
Our belief in the coming return of our Lord is an affirmation of our faith in the factuality of his resurrection …
Relationship is the central theme of all religions. Most Christian churches foster a relationship up with God and may even scowl at thinking about peacebuilding or creation care as theological task …
It was still dark. The dark night of Good Friday lingered into Easter morning. The Gospel of John does not say why Mary went to the tomb before dawn. Perhaps she couldn’t sleep that night and had to take a walk …
Praying with a right attitude doesn’t just happen. It occurs bit by bit as we become increasingly like Jesus …
Heather, the successful pastor at Plum Ridge Church, had for a long time experienced an intimate relationship with God. But halfway through her sixth year at Plum Ridge, she was plunged into a cavernous dark night …
It is common for older people to talk condescendingly about young adults …
In a church pummeled by recession, unsettled by transition and immersed in controversy, grace can get lost. During my year’s separation from family, friends and congregation, the Spirit strove to remind me that grace, like a twig floating on a river, will pass by unnoticed if I do not pay attention …
Historians of immigration often identify “push” and “pull” factors when trying to explain an individual or group’s decision to pick up and go as well as their choice of destination. This helps explain what led me to knock on Mennonite doors …
