Naomi and Ruth face agonizing hardship, but in God, hardship is not hopelessness. Although we encounter no obvious miraculous interventions in the...
I grew up on "Little House on the Prairie" reruns and flannel board Sunday school lessons. Good and wholesome. But somewhere between...
Jeremiah also turned his attention to the rhythm of work and rest. As always, the prophet began with God’s earlier self-revelation; in...
Dear Son, Welcome. You're only three days old, so before we get too far, I want to set a few things straight. First of all, your mother is a queen. We will always...
Much of the buzz about missional ministry is found among young church planters and consultants in new missional networks, like Missio Alliance...
When I was in third grade, my teacher was the one officially designated as the “art teacher” for the entire grade. My...
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She has been seeing God in the stars ever since she was a child. As an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute for...
Parenting is hard, and not just because we struggle to balance work and family. The stakes are high.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian who was involved in the German resistance movement against Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. In April 1943, Bonhoeffer was arrested....
The Lord’s Prayer is only seven verses long. You can pray it in less than a minute, but in that brief time, Jesus teaches us twice to pray to receive and also to...
When Abraham left his home in Haran and set out for the land of Canaan, his family was probably already quite large...
Last year I received an envelope in the mail that caused my heart to stir as I recognized the return address. Tearing open the letter with rapid speed, I read the longed-for words...
While the Christmas story has through the ages delivered untold comfort, hope, and joy to the world, I have occasionally wondered why the men and women who first received the news weren’t...
Silence is one of the sins of omission that has allowed us to be in denial about racism in our country.
"... The worst thing about a loss of faith is not that someone has stopped believing something, but that they are ready to believe anything."
Around my home I have a fabulous collection of hand-thrown mugs and other clay pottery—bowls, pitchers, platters—in subtle earth and jewel tones and glazes. You could call this collection a passion...
“Whistle while you work,” the classic Disney song proclaims. But in financially uncertain times, it can be hard to whistle when our work doesn’t necessarily provide the economic returns we hope for...
Marcus here. I've been working behind the scenes lately, but I thought I'd come out in the public again for a Random...
Julian Barnes, an atheist, claims that he '"misses God.'" In the midst of his reflections on a life without faith wracked by...
It’s the first day of first grade, and August wakes in tears. My son says he’s too afraid to get out of...
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