When a church is what a church ought to be, it is a church where the people encourage one another. They encourage one another to remember...

We are a contradiction.  We want connection but we are wary of commitment.  On the one hand, we don’t want anyone to tell us what...

At the start of a new year, we often make resolutions on what we want to do in the new year.  As an alternative, I want to challenge you...

The story of the Christmas nativity is the story of God’s gift to humankind.  Three points: Christmas is about a gift.  God so...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, gave one of the great speeches in history.  The speech is called the Magnificat.  In the speech Mary moves...

Soon after Mary learned that she was going to give birth to the Messiah, she made a long trip to visit her relative Elizabeth.  Why did...

Who was Jesus’ first disciple?  It wasn’t Peter.  It wasn’t Andrew.  Jesus’ first disciple was none other than...