Hagar is my unlikely daily-life heroine. Why? Because she encounters God in the midst of a terrible day. Probably the worst day...
I wonder how Abraham felt as he looked upon the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Though Genesis 19 confirms the pervasive evil of these cities, Abraham had hoped for their deliverance. In fact,...
God's commitment to justice led him to condemn the evil city of Sodom. Yet, in an astonishing display of boldness, Abraham challenged God's standards of justice. He appealed for Sodom on the basis...
In the previous verses, God had promised to Abraham that his wife, now called Sarah, would bear a son. So what does...
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. (Rom. 6:11)
In the late sixties, Pete Seeger recorded a hit song called "Turn! Turn! Turn!" The words are from the Bible. The third chapter of Ecclesiastes says, "For everything there is a time and...
"Set your seal upon this rebel girl," ...
Illuminated by streetlights and oncoming headlights, raindrops chased each other down the window of the car. This isn’t happening. I studied the raindrops bumping, merging, and colliding, as if I...
Are you willing to offer up what you do every day as a prayer to God?
Be still and know that I am God . . . Psalm 46:10 ...
St. Matthew’s gospel tells of a middle-night incident for Jesus’ disciples. They are frightened, seasick, and confused by the behavior of crowds—first wanting Jesus to be their king, then angry...
(with adaptation of Emil Nolde's Dance around the Golden Calf, has 12 figurines) 2001 installed, app. 12" x 22" x 12" glazed porcelain with gold. For more detail, visit www.gingergeyer.com. Everything was under...
John Kavanagh went to Calcutta to work with Mother Teresa. While there, he asked her to pray for him. “What should I pray for?” she asked.
God of Creation, you made us to love with the love You so abundantly lavished on us through our Savior, Jesus Christ. On our own we cannot see people, events, even our own...
How does what you do relate to who you are? If the culture devalues your vocation, do you give less effort? Who tells you who you are? Which voices are loudest? Can God...
Equipping churches see their people’s daily work as part of the church’s ministry. These churches have begun to ask, ‘Where are our...
These churches are changing their approaches to worship. The connections between work and worship are explored in the songs they sing, the...
These churches are helping their people discover new ways of nourishing and living out their faith in...
The leaders of equipping churches have started to think about the complete mission of God as well...
Although people make individual and family offerings at appointed times, there is also a sacrifice on behalf of the entire nation every...
