In Acts 17, Paul is basically called a nitwit by his new friends. Here’s what happened.

Shepherds are people who look after sheep. They provide food and water for their sheep and protect them from predators. Even without predators, sheep can get themselves into trouble. Sometimes a sheep will fall or get knocked over and get stuck on its back. Without a shepherd to help them up, they would die.

At pivotal points in our paid work we must sometimes decide whether to remain where we are or move on to a new location.

The heartfelt question was posed to me in the waning moments of an evening filled with the easy camaraderie that forms between those walking a pathway of similar joys and sorrows. 

Thank you to Roxanne Van Farowe for her article “#ChurchToo: Lessons from Willow Creek.” I have worked independently...

Will anyone want the mantel clock?

I made profession of faith many years ago as a young teenager, but it was group pressure that made me do it.

Psalm 137 is, for me, the prayer in the Bible that most accurately expresses the extreme rage that comes with the experience or observation of the world’s worst abuses

It’s as if my whole life I’ve been trying to learn a language, and it wasn’t until I started to write that I could finally speak it.

The answer to this question is all about the Holy Spirit.

Does legalized cannabis help me to better love and serve God and my neighbor?

This man got a pair of gloves, and I got a blessing. I think I came out ahead.

From beginning to end, Our World Belongs to God testifies that God is fully present and involved in our lives.

Deciding to take it all on doesn’t convey a healthy trust in God’s provision, or trust in others to be the elbows while I focus on being the spleen (to stretch a biblical metaphor).

Here’s one way to practice being thankful every day!

I was taught to obey police officers, but they didn’t play a large role in my life.

It is a mistake to assume that just because a lesson is for young children it can be theologically neutral. 

To me the five points of Calvinism articulated in the Canons of Dort summarize some wonderfully assuring teachings from Scripture.

Good theology is not simply about faithfulness and accuracy to God’s Word but must include a wise and loving use of God’s Word.

According to one polyamory website, a polyamorous relationship is “a romantic relationship where the people in the relationship agree that it’s okay for everyone to be open to or have other romantic partners.”

Here are six films, from the very old to the recent, that are worth watching.

On the one hand, some connections are established more easily and quickly now that the smartphone replaced the telephone...

I was a synodical delegate in 2016 and 2017 and a member of the subcommittee that authored the recommendations referenced by Clayton Libolt in his article...