If the church is going to speak to people weary of religion, it will not be by offering better techniques or louder certainty, but by daring to say what Paul so plainly said: Christ is enough.
02/26/26
Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
02/25/26
Christian faith is never a solitary possession. When the congregation confesses, the old speak for the young, the strong for the weak, and the clear-voiced for the trembling.
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02/13/26
Baptism does not promise us chocolates or flowers, but something far greater: life in Christ.
02/10/26
Christians can pursue projects of justice free of the burden of being the justifier of the world; that office belongs to Christ and Christ alone.
02/05/26
Ultimately, Scripture does not confront fear with commands. It confronts fear with a promise.
01/28/26
This is the third in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.
01/21/26
Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.
01/01/26
Christmas is not only about a cradle in Bethlehem, it’s also about a cross outside Jerusalem where salvation was won for us.
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12/18/25
What God perceives is not what our eyes see; he is focused on righteousness because his love creates what is righteous.
12/16/25
Christianity doesn’t start with our speculation about God. It starts with God’s self-revelation.
12/15/25
Christ did not merely urge humanity to be kind. He embodied perfect kindness by giving his life for those who neither earned nor expected such a gift.
12/10/25
This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.
12/04/25
Illness is not romantic. It is not a test, a metaphor, nor a blessing in disguise.
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11/20/25
If Psalms 1 and 2 reveal the Christ who reigns, Psalms 3 and 4 reveal the Christ who remains.
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