The God of the scriptures does not have a heart of steel; God has a heart of flesh, a bleeding heart, and God has eyes

Job hopes that God will long for him and come calling. In short, he hopes that God will remember him. In the life and ministry

Compassion Fatigue In his landmark book The Prophets, Abraham Joshua Heschel describes the character of God: God loves the people of the world fiercely and

The biblical portrayal of darkness, explored in Part One of this essay, is multivalent. While some passages portray darkness as a negative force trying to

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series on applying a biblical understanding of darkness to one’s life. Part Two will run next

At the beginning of every Christmas season, I descend the stairs to the basement and search the backroom for a large brown box marked “Christmas.”

Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 18:3 In words that still

Hilghe Stede I didn’t have the heart to part with it: a silver-plated cream and sugar set with matching tray, now tarnished by age. Judy