True justice is not distinct from but rooted in mercy. A severe, hard-bitten view of justice is all too familiar to us. “She got what
I stalked the hallways of the Anglican church nervously as I waited for the healing prayer conference to begin. I had come to do some soul work on inner wounds, and I felt uncertain about what was to unfold …
As Christmas season approaches, you may want to consider books as gifts—to others or for yourself. Here are some recent ones worth considering …
One sign of hope that I see in the church today is the call from our youth and young adults for authenticity in relationships. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians is a fascinating example to consider. It is one of the most emotionally honest and vulnerable epistles in the New Testament …
Dozens of miles of hard dirt road, which in dry times billowed clouds of dust but after a rainstorm became vehicle-clutching-mud, isolated me from universal reality. Or so I thought. As the only nonindigenous health-care provider in an indigenous village in the Paraguayan Chaco, I wondered how could I hope to understand or connect with the Enxet. Then I got to know Eulogio, a quiet, unassuming Enxet father …
