We catch up to Jesus at the moment of his death sentence by crucifixion and begin working backward through the story to discover the reason for the cross.
Nobody wants to be treated as a project; faith that expresses outwardly takes its best shape in authentic relationships with other people.
Sometimes God takes us on steps of faith that travel outside of anything we have known before. It took boldness for Peter to follow God in new directions; our faith follows Jesus with that same boldness today as well.
The church in the New Testament shows an example of faith in God that is always expanding outward; how can we embrace a faith in God today that takes shape in the world beyond our church walls?
sometimes trying to figure out how God works in our lives feels like a puzzle; the prophet Samuel learned a little something about that, and it remains as a lesson for us today.
God nurtures our faith so that our faith can be healthy; the path to healthy faith centers on a love which embraces heart, soul, mind, and strength.
At the end of Genesis we see an example of the vision Joseph embraces which kept his faith rooted in God; it is a vision which enables our faith today to remain rooted in God as well.
Some of the things that Christians identify as faith-goals are actually byproducts; the real faith-goal for Christian identity is much less complicated.
Sometimes we try so hard to make Christmas feel special that forget the ways in which Christmas is also ordinary; God did something special when Jesus was born at Christmas, but it came into an ordinary world in an ordinary way.
The prophet Micah gives us a glimpse into the renewed world which follows the coming of God’s Messiah; it is a glimpse that helps give direction for us today.