Do our petitions move God?

The Jews were living the script for a Western movie when Jesus showed up. The enemies of God were running the town

In this piece, 1517’s Director of Publishing, Steve Byrnes, shares a personal story about a period of doubt in his life that eventually was replaced with confidence through God’s provision, and the care of the Christian community.

Christians do have a hope that those who sleep in death will be awakened and their joy will never end, and we yearn for that day.

There are so many paradoxes that we can appreciate as we seek to grasp more of the meaning of the miracle of Christmas.

Generally, we call that path the lectionary. I’m a big fan of the lectionaries in general. They do several things.

Much of what we do as Christians is a remix. The word of God interacts with our lives as we live out the legacy and mission given by Christ.

God uses our stupid as well as our best thought out plans and efforts

My prayer life is, first and foremost, a pitiful and distracting thing and my experience of answers delayed has often felt like Cheech's experience on the bench in this skit with Chong playing the roll of prayer answerer.

St. Paul talks about faith that is weak and by his description of what it looks like, I lived there; I've been the weak brother. It appears that a firm faith is that faith that trusts in the goodness of God for you based on something outside of you – not on some special, superior knowledge, but having your name known and loved by God.

We will be watching fireworks and eating traditional combinations of food and drink today, along with many other Americans. While we celebrate this wonderful day when our founding fathers came together to stand against tyranny and oppression, we are thinking about the religious freedom we have in this county.

“Now, a certain man was sick...” Rick was kind. He knew my name before I knew his. The few times we talked, I felt like I should get to know this guy. I had actually planned to strike up a conversation the next time I saw him at church.