This summer, we’re inviting you to stay connected to Christ with a fresh and memorable approach: a spiritual salad—and one very helpful PET FROG....  Read More

Life can be a burden. We all carry weights that sometimes feel too heavy to bear - stress, guilt, disappointment, pain, and unfulfilled needs. These burdens weigh us down, making each step forward a s...  Read More

The Storm Before the Calm: Finding Purpose in SufferingLife is full of questions. Some are lighthearted, like why we park in driveways and drive on parkways. Others are more profound, touching the ver...  Read More

I’m a big baseball fan. The lessons one can learn in baseball overlap so well with real life—dealing with failure, stepping up to the plate, and much more. I could do a whole series on it, but the ino...  Read More

Oh well, 6 more weeks of winter, but the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day, featuring Bill Murray and others, has nothing to do with when spring will come, but we can glean spiritual insight....  Read More

This month there is going to be a lot of gift giving and receiving. Many presents will be wrapped in beautiful Christmas paper, some even with ribbons and bows. Others will be in fancy boxes. Still mo...  Read More

In studying the Scripture about a theology of work, I am struck by the importance of rest to the whole work-life balance. The more people I talk with, the more I find that people too often get things ...  Read More

What great reflections from an old married couple. Since so many couples refer to financial stress as one of the major sources of trouble in their relationships, we have much to learn from this remark...  Read More

Do you celebrate enough? No, really—I mean it. Celebration is important. It’s something we should practice regularly. I would go so far as to call it a spiritual discipline. ...  Read More

God loves doing new things. In Isaiah 43:19 God says, “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” If you...  Read More

“Now I get it.” Have you ever said that before? Maybe it took you a while to get the joke, solve the mystery, or understand the problem. In reality, this probably happens in life a lot more than we ca...  Read More

Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Christian missionary known as the "Apostle of Ireland". Early medieval tradition credits him with being the first bishop of Christianity in Ireland. ...  Read More