It is better to give than to receive. For the person brought up in the arms of the church, this could be one of those “lessons I learned in kindergarten,” Sunday school kindergarten at least …
It is better to give than to receive. For the person brought up in the arms of the church, this could be one of those “lessons I learned in kindergarten,” Sunday school kindergarten at least …
In order to address “the afterlife,” one must first speak of the meaning of life in the present. The afterlife does not stand alone as if disconnected from prior earthly life. The after is connected to the before, to the everyday life of the Christian in the present. The attitude toward death in our society is relevant as well …
Living in the present is at once the easiest and the hardest thing you’ll do. And the key is found in those two short words (six letters) “at once” …
The story of Jacob wrestling at Peniel has always puzzled me. In my first Bible, the New International Version I read as a third-grader, the subject heading was “Jacob Wrestles with an Angel.” If this stranger is indeed an angel of the Lord, it is not one of the sort pictured on greeting cards or spoken of in sentimental tales of angels in disguise helping people unaware …
The resurrection of Christ is a mystery to me. I can’t explain it. Some people find it difficult to accept mystery. Over the years I have heard sermons and read articles that want to “prove” the resurrection …
How we spend our money is how we vote on what exists in the world. The hundreds of billions of tax dollars wasted annually for war and war preparation is money unavailable for programs of social uplift, especially hunger relief, poverty reduction, affordable housing, education, medical care or meaningful, life-sustaining jobs …
God died on Good Friday. There could be no more chaos in the universe than in those hours between Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. But what the disciples experienced as chaos during those hours—and what we experience as chaos today—God sees differently …
