An oasis usually gets its name because it is a place of life that is surrounded by places that are barren and draining. An oasis is therefore different than its…

I will confess a certain amount of hesitancy to share my profession in the public sphere. One of the worst places to share what I do is when I am…

"This is how a faith family community can be a testimony. A church that loves and is gracious with one another shows the world a glimpse of the same grace…

“What would we see if we looked at the world through this lens of unity? How would it change the way we live and love, work and worship, serve and…

After Joseph is visited by the Lord’s messenger in a dream, he discovers that Mary is participating in God’s saving work and obeys the messengers commandment to take Mary as…

“Repentance is not simply showing remorse, although remorse may be the first step in the journey toward repentance.  Genuine repentance leads to a radical reorientation of life, acknowledging the temptation…

The science of a pendulum is that when the pendulum swings too far from equilibrium the force of gravity will accelerate it back toward equilibrium but it often overshoots and…

It is no accident that this chapter on the diversity of gifts and abilities continues into the infamous love chapter often read at weddings.  The love Paul references, while certainly…

Karl Barth, a theologian in Germany during WWII, once “advised young theologians ‘to take [their] Bible and take [their] newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from [the] Bible.’” His…