One circle contained the words “comfort zone”; the other circle contained the word “faith.” Then, the challenge: “Which circle do you want to live in?”
Some people are called to stay in their church; some are called to go. Lore Ferguson describes how her church encourages both.
Maybe we feed each other, give cups of water, visit the sick and the prisoner because we are part of a community.
Can we care for the needy through political means?
As we traveled across the city to a home for disabled children, I tried to prepare my kids for what we were...
These days people say Jesus was talking only about feeding the literal poor, but I also think he was talking about extending small kindnesses to people like me.
We've got to be willing to be different, to see how God sees so the world can see Jesus. We've got to...
Herod faced an immediate conflict of interest. He couldn’t embarrass himself in front of his guests or violate his oath. Yet he understood, if his wife did not, that John spoke the truth.
Jesus doesn't advise us to avoid the storms of life but rather to survive them.
Saying “Don’t worry” to a worrier doesn’t help. Anxiety demands more concrete assistance.
Like any good rabbi, Jesus asks lots of questions—like nine in just these ten verses, all on one topic and with two answers. The subject is worry and anxiety. Jesus understands that worry...
There is nothing more confining than trying to keep all your options open. The Arc de Triomphe is the meeting place of...
My optometrist put a photographic scan of my eyes on a computer screen and began telling me all about the health of...
I appreciate receiving notes from many of you in response to these daily reflections. Recently, after reading my comments on the opening...
May the work of the Great Commission help form our character to be more like Christ.
I find Jesus’ investment advice hard to take. But then again, I don’t have a good investment track record. In October of...
The three great religious practices among the Jews were giving, praying, and fasting. Jesus’ own ministry began with an epic forty-day fast...
At this point in Jesus’ prayer, this phrase may seem like déjà vu all over again. Hasn’t Jesus already covered confession and forgiveness? Does he intend this as a postscript or an exclamation.....
Ben Franklin is credited with offering up the little proverb, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Jesus had...
Do you have a hard time trusting God with your money?
