Read: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 22; Isaiah 53; Matthew 26-27; 1 Corinthians 1:10-31 The cross is everywhere in our culture. The legacy of many centuries of Christendom, where it was a marker of faith, then became a marker of culture, ethnicity, … Continue reading
If we compare the two ways of knowing, it is easy to see that modern men and women need at least a balance between the vita activa and the vita contemplativa, the active and the contemplative life, if they are … Continue reading
In his book on the stages of faith, James Fowler noted that when people move to a higher level of faith, they tend to despise those still in the stage they just left. There’s a tendency to take one’s one … Continue reading
First, a prayer: God, creator of heaven and earth, it is time for you to come, for our time is running out and our world is passing away. You gave us life in peace, one with another, and we have … Continue reading
Today we celebrate Pentecost, which is a day that people from many nations heard words of hope to share together in a new experience of humanity. This is not a hope the world offers or a hope the world can … Continue reading
We’ve all had to deal with “that” person. You know, the times we need to get something done quickly and find out how what seemed straightforward is anything but. Sometimes there’s understandable reasons, life offers up a lot of complications … Continue reading
Read Isaiah 61; Acts 2; 1 Corinthians 12; 1 John 2:27 While I was in seminary and a little while after, I was working as a young adults pastor, with added responsibilities in teaching Christian education classes. I also helped … Continue reading
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18; Jeremiah 20:7-18; Acts 16:11-34; Ephesians 5:15-20 When I was in college, I experienced a roller coaster in my relationship with God. I went to a Christian school in the Chicago area because I felt God leading me … Continue reading
Read: Isaiah 61; Psalm 104; 1 Thessalonians 1 One of the big questions in pneumatology and Christian history is the direction of God’s work. Where does God’s help come from? Where do we see the emanating presence of God’s activity? Where … Continue reading
From what I can figure, I’ve been dealing with clinical depression for about 35 years. I started taking an anti-depressant for the first time in mid-October. I’m taking an anti-depressant because of the faith I have in Christ and the … Continue reading
