When the prophet Joel talks about hope and vision, and dreaming in the face of tragedy, I think that we find a great deal of fuel for the fire that…
Instead of keeping score, giving only what you owe to someone and expecting the same back, Paul exhorts the church to owe nothing but love to everyone. And this way,…
When we decide that we are righteous, we exclude people who we think don’t live up to our standards.
After they have been tearing and torn down, and uprooting and uprooted, what do they do now? What does God do now?
...the current reality, unacceptable as it is, is not easily or quickly transformed. It will require waiting, and it will require doing. But rest assured, there is still a vision…
What does that look like for us today? How might we negotiate what “godliness” is in a time such as this? How do we pursue righteousness?
God is worthy of praise because God is aware of the needy. The kingship of God over all things, great and small, means that God is an equalizer. God makes…
When we ask for forgiveness, God makes us new, and cleanses us of sin. But it does mean that, even when we feel that we are unforgivable for the things…