The butterfly is a perfect example of how God uses change for good.

While it’s overly simplistic to quickly quip, “You were created a human being, not a human doing,” it’s also imperative that somehow that message gets conveyed.

The Spirit’s work in me is more often than not a slow series of micro-conversions.

변화가 쉽거나 고통스럽지 않은 경우는 거의 없습니다. 그러나 저는 어느 쪽에도 절대로 나쁜 의도가 없었을 것이라고 확신합니다.

Whereas trees held up by stakes and supports can potentially grow weaker, those that are left to “fend for themselves” against gentle and moderate winds grow stronger as their roots grow deeper.

One of the underlying principles of Reformed polity is mutual accountability—that church members and leaders are accountable to each other

As a child I loved to pull my parents’ wedding album from under the bookshelf that held the fiction. I would dust it off and page through, pausing at my favorites. My parents’ wedding color was red, matching the church’s Christmas trees decorated with white lights and red bows. Candles lined the aisle and everything glowed.

It will take more time and money, but kingdom building was never going to be fast or cheap.

The night I met the young street woman through whom God would open my eyes, the cold was especially penetrating.

Even though this outbreak presents serious challenges to our faith and institutions, it is worth pointing out that this is not the first time Christians have encountered harmful contagious diseases.

When it comes to technology, why do people assume older folks like me don’t get it?

Recalling the story of Jesus’ birth in this season is fitting and good.

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In the moment, I was unable to see another way, and I chose the route of suicide in my attempts to stop the pain.

우리는 스스로를 신앙보다 정치로 규정하나요?

We as a Christian community benefit when silence is broken.

“Purity in the hands of a holy God is a powerful instrument.”

Change is rarely ever easy or painless. However, I am certain that there was never any ill intent on anyone’s part.

When you take leftovers home, they’re almost always given in Styrofoam containers that can’t be recycled. What’s the most stewardly option?

I see the discipline of Lenten fasting more as an opportunity to refocus our values, a regular reminder of our spiritual callings through giving up something we take for granted.

I set my bike on the ground and trotted over to the truck. Inside, a man was sitting upright behind the wheel, his head on his chest, his hands hanging limp in his lap. Something needed doing, but where to begin?

Have you ever wondered why most animals have tails? What are they for? Just what do tails do anyway?

Moral virtue is at once something that God produces in us and at the same time something we need to work at. Moral character, in other words, is a work in progress.