Ambassadors In A World Of Islands by Elizabeth Glass Turner

April 13, 2015

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the…

Chosen by Carrie Carter

April 9, 2015

I confess that I don’t know that much about adoption. I used to tell my little brother that he was…

The Power Of A Resurrection Day “Selfie” by Kevin Murriel

April 8, 2015

What makes us think we can make such an audacious request? The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Believing in a miracle, a rationally unexplainable occurrence, takes exactly what Tillich describes–a faith that transcends our comprehension without excluding our consciousness. In other words, we should know what we are asking for but not expect the miracle to come in ways we can understand. This is the great mystery and power of our faith.

A Pipeline Of Grace: Pros And Cons by Tammie Grimm

April 6, 2015

A proposed pipeline in my community has caused me to consider the nature of Christian faith and our lives as…

The Heart Has Eyes by Mark Trotter

April 4, 2015

The mystery that surrounds us belongs to different modes of perception. That is why he said, “The heart has reasons the mind knows not of.” It is the heart that is able to see into that mystery. And it is why Paul said to the Ephesians, “I pray that God will enlighten the eyes of your heart, so you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and the power for us who believe.” You will know that inheritance through faith, through the eyes of your heart.

A Maundy Thursday Covenant by Cole Bodkin

April 2, 2015

In his latest book, The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: A (Not So) New…

A More Meaningful Holy Week by Kevin Watson

April 1, 2015

He described the Christian calendar as being like a spiral staircase: you come to the same point in the circle each year, but you have ascended higher up the stairs each year than you were the year before, or at least that is the purpose of the Christian calendar.