And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth..

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer..

All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way..

Prayer is - not just bowing your head a few times a day, it pervades all of life..

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part..

As a writer, I play with words all day long. I toy with them, listen for their overtones, crack them open, and try to stuff my thoughts inside..

I fell in love. It felt exactly like a fall, a head-over-heels tumble into a state of unbearable lightness. The earth tilted on its axis. I did not b….

People want to go back to those old days, but it's probably not going to happen..

By striving to prove how much they deserve God's love, legalists miss the whole point of the gospel, that it is a gift from God to people who don't d….

Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers….

Some who attempt prayer never have the sense of anyone listening on the other end. They blame themselves for doing it wrong.... Prayer requires the f….

We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks..

Rather, God has commissioned us as agents of intervention in the midst of a hostile and broken world..

Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the former group: I think he pr….

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle arou….

The Quakers have a saying: "An enemy is one whose story we have not heard." To communicate to post-Christians, I must first listen to their stories f….

If God doesn't want something for me, I shouldn't want it either. Spending time in meditative prayer, getting to know God, helps align my desires wit….

Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can trans….

When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do..

We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club; it tak….

Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy..