Curiosity: a remedy for isolation
In this era when membership in institutions--not just the church--is dropping, are we being offered a new mark of the Christian life: curiosity.
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 [...]
Revealing the unseen with a ministry of presence
How often have I failed to truly and really see the person sitting on the roadside in the cold -- to see Christ in them?
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 [...]
The importance of asking big questions (and listening to the answers)
We can’t expect people to change their views, but we can learn about others, and ourselves, by just listening.
And Yet, Your Heavenly Father Feeds Them
The collective practice of love involves receiving care just as much as giving it.
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. [...]
What do you do in life?
Each one of us must determine when and whether to speak openly about our faith to people who may be hostile to it.
God amidst the surf
What are the opportunities for me to meet God in surprising, unexpected, and unusual ways?