When I called the Rev. Mpho Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and co-author with him of the book Made for Goodness...
You love to destroy others with your words, you liar! Psalm 52:4 As I began pondering Psalm 52, I was struck by...
"You see from where you sit." When I first heard this expression, I thought my professor was being unnecessarily obvious. Turns out I had simply missed the metaphor. I finally got it, but...
Gallup is not part of the High Calling network, but we thought their new poll correlating life and job satisfaction would interest...
*This is part 3 of the Laity Leadership Institute Missional series with Senior Fellow Darrell Guder, who is the Princeton Theological Seminary...
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[A]nd forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation. Luke 11:...
In yesterday’s reflection, I considered how praying regularly for divine forgiveness reminds us of several crucial truths, including: the reality of our...
When my friend Danny spoke poorly of someone in the presence of his dad, his dad would say quickly and firmly, “Danny, watch your mouth!” The Lord said pretty much the same thing...
I joined the line of married men. A line of black suits, white shirts, scuffed black shoes. The scuffed shoes, I mused, must symbolize their many years of attending church. Maybe the older...
I once worked for a company when one of the long-serving mid-level managers retired. His departure was missed, but almost immediately, everyone began to speculate on his replacement.
Today is Maundy Thursday. No, it’s not “Monday Thursday,” which I thought I heard as a child and which made no sense...
In yesterday’s reflection, I began thinking about what it means to pray “May your Kingdom come soon.” I explained that the teaching...
Several years ago, we bought a pack of twelve plastic "Resurrection Eggs” filled with various symbols representing key moments in the Easter story. We worried the eggs could be a little cheesy, but...
The message and ministry of Jesus was centered in the kingdom of God. At the beginning of Mark’s Gospel, for example, Jesus begins preaching “God’s Good News.” Here’s the central message: “The time.....
I’ll never forget the first time I had a boss apologize to me. I was floored. But it changed our relationship. His transparency forged a bond of trust that made me want to...
*This is part 2 of the Laity Leadership Institute Missional series with Senior Fellow Darrell Guder, who is the Princeton Theological Seminary...
We enter into a vocation with high hopes. But after years go by, it can turn into a daily grind and we...
