By Brian Keepers The line of people spills out the front entrance and wraps around the church. People shuffle back a forth in place, hands

Proper 26 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Micah 3:5-12 Matthew 23:1-12 By Justin Meyers A Muslim friend of mine from Pakistan confided to me that he,

Warning: some mild spoilers ahead. I hereby provide a public service by filing this scouting report for those of you wondering whether the new Star

You’ve got to be my age or older, and you have to have been born in a small town to know what I’m talking about,

By Sarina Gruver Moore I’ve found myself thinking about and appreciating sorrow these days. It’s a deeper and more profound experience than just sadness, but

For I am convinced that death…will not be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans

You’ve probably heard plenty about the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany. Nearly

As the luck (or the providence) of the calendar would have it, I get to blog here on The Twelve on the precise 500th anniversary

A number of years ago, my sister and I were driving to pick up a cake on a Sunday. We had planned a big birthday