Throughout the Bible we are charged with the mandate to serve those around us. Thus, the Apostle Paul says in Galatians 5:13, “through love, serve one another.” The Apostle Peter tells us that “each has received a gift” and that we must “use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace” READ MORE
Creation
Women and the Realm of the Unseen
I personally perceive that one of the greatest fears of a woman is that she might be invisible, hidden, or be found having no inherent beauty. I cannot help but think of the bleeding woman in Luke 8:43 and following, whose diseased body caused her to hemorrhage for twelve years. She had exhausted every possible option for READ MORE
Your Spiritual Journey
Jesus’ movement to the Sea of Galilee was not mere happenstance, and it was much more than simply finding friends with whom to hang out. Indeed, Jesus put into motion not only an eternal mission for humankind, but the template for a very personal journey that every man and woman who is willing should and READ MORE
Set Upon the Spirit
The Apostle Paul declares in Romans 8:6, “To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” I very much want that “life” and “peace” of which Paul speaks—that daily calm reflecting a meaningful connection with something bigger than me. Or Someone. Who is READ MORE
Bearing the Marks of Jesus
As the Apostle Paul concludes his impassioned letter to his Galatian friends, he starkly contrasts a life of nominal Christianity with being a new creation because of the work of Jesus Christ. These are very important distinctions; worthy of amplification. Nominal Christianity. A “nominal value” is often a value that exists in name only. For Paul, the READ MORE
Created to Connect: Covenant Sex and the Community that Shapes It
As awkward as it may sound, sex and sexuality are foundational for community, and vice versa. Not, of course, that the world gets to peer into the bedroom (though anymore it seems it could!). The idea is that sex and sexuality is not something found in isolation from the rest of the world. And the READ MORE