The Strange Wedding of Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora
By Amy Mantravadi
06/13/25
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The Strange Wedding of Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora

Few couples faced the kind of pressures they endured in their two decades of marriage prior to Martin’s death in 1546.
Dorothy Sayers and the Trinity
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
06/12/25

Dorothy Sayers and the Trinity

The doctrine of the Trinity is not so much the story of a “who-dunnit” as it is the story of the “who-is-it.”
Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
06/11/25

Where Pride Fails, Grace Breaks In

You are a soul. Not an algorithm. Not a hashtag. A soul knit together by a God who does not mock, does not abandon, and does not lie.

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Chad Bird
Chad Bird
01/06/16

Today is the Birthday of Light

A star appears in the East. A spotlight over its Creator. A single constellation bows over that Light of Light from whom darkness flees.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/05/16

Reconnecting Through My Father's Ghosts

I’m still piecing together fragments. I’ve spent my life collecting scraps of personal stories that will explain my father to me.
Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson
01/05/16

Stop Serving the Lord this Year

Ah, the New Year. It’s the stuff of resolutions. To be better. Do better. Live more healthful. And yet, year after year, we never quite change as much as we hope. Entropy is still a scientific fact.
Steve Byrnes
Steve Byrnes
12/30/15

Reflections on a Cold Silent Night

There are so many paradoxes that we can appreciate as we seek to grasp more of the meaning of the miracle of Christmas.
Dominick Santore
Dominick Santore
12/29/15

Sort of Like Jesus for a Day

Prepare yourself. You're about to be encouraged beyond all encouragement. Are you ready? Here we go…
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/28/15

Graveyard Lullaby: O Bloody Town of Bethlehem

O bloody town of Bethlehem, How shrill we hear thee cry. Your mothers shriek while fathers weep The graveyard lullaby.
Erick Sorensen
Erick Sorensen
12/25/15

And the Darkness Has Not Overcome It….

It had just been a few weeks in my friend’s life since he had been converted to the Christian faith. He was very much still learning the ropes of what it meant to be a Christian.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/22/15

The Diapered Divinity

He came to be for every man what no man has been or could be for himself. Born under the law, Jesus fulfilled the law He Himself had given. He was the perfect infant, perfect teenager, perfect adult.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/22/15

The Dad Who Didn’t Have to Be a Dad

It’s one of my favorite family pictures. Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on a couch are my granddad, my dad, me, and my son. A four-generation snapshot: Lee Roy to Carson to Chad to Luke.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
12/21/15

Upside-Down Kingdom

On that night in Bethlehem so long ago, not even your mother who held you in her arms understood that you had come to turn the world upside down in a through-the-looking-glass sort of way.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/18/15

Two Pregnancies, One Hope

The mother of this prophet is visited by the Mother of God. In the coming together of these two pregnant women, we see the coming together of the old and the new.
Paul Dunk
Paul Dunk
12/18/15

I Find My Lack of Faith Disturbing

Every time I place my trust in something smaller than God to give me the peace that only God can give, or prefer myself over my neighbor in thought, word or deed - I demonstrate that my lack of faith is disturbing.
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