How personal choice can shape overall history
Mary is not the passive mother of Christ as she is so often depicted. Instead, she made a choice that has shaped salvation history.
Acts of daring that pioneer the Kingdom
Our challenge is to lead communities in an eschatological fashion without ever needing to use the word.
Asking for help: no small challenge
Trouble develops when we become convinced that we can address our problems alone or when we’re too embarrassed or ashamed to share with others our [...]
The Word that transforms lives and our mission in the world
The message of Frederick Douglass is that the Bible transforms lives and draws us deeper into ministry in the world.
Necessity, the mother of invention (even in the church)
The church needs to try new things and be free to explore creative new pathways. Yet, like many other institutions, it can be bound by [...]
What’s interesting about religion and the church?
In the midst of conversations about the future of this institution or the decline of that congregation, it is astonishingly easy to miss the point. [...]
God amidst the surf
What are the opportunities for me to meet God in surprising, unexpected, and unusual ways?
Praying for Christian unity
Why should you care about Christian unity? It’s a question worth asking in this week, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Outside church walls
What do you find in our liturgies that can reshape your life—and the lives of others—outside the church walls?
Seeking new patterns
Sometimes that change is forced upon us, as it was for me. Other times, we are given the grace to acknowledge the need for change [...]