Poetry Set on bare board, these objects play at desolation: Three candles raise black wicks to our habitual air, Ceding no brightness to the scene.
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 …
