It starts as early as playground spats about who gets the best toy. It continues through a lifetime of temptation to covet any number of

Like Peter, we are invited to start our service from a place of our own need. Before Peter can offer anything to others, he needs

The famous “sheep and goats” passage in Matthew 25 is a powerful message from Jesus as he nears his death. As Jesus tells it, those

A few hours after this blog post goes live, I will be a part of leading worship for the first time for a congregation under

It’s at least a small step up from the ham buns now. The funeral home staff orders some nice chicken salad on croissants, and I

Whatever else can be said about parenting, for those who follow Jesus, parenting is an act of hope. It is an act of hope because

We call it our mother tongue, the language we learned to speak when we learned to speak. We heard it before we were born, because

The learning goal for my recent pastoral sabbatical was “neighborhood engagement.” There’s an irony in trying to learn about neighborhood engagement by leaving your neighborhood,