Jerry Andrews' grandson Silas, who has spina bifida, teaches him faith, courage, and joy, inspiring a shared journey toward wholeness.
There will be better times, but this is our time, writes Tim Hart-Andersen.
Can the church embrace change without losing its core identity? Matthew Rich looks at MLB for inspiration.
Chris Dela Cruz, a pastor in Oregon, shares how and why the Presbytery of the Cascades gave land to a local Native coalition.
Cynthia Jarvis writes about how a book is made by both author and reader.
A former moderator reflects on the purpose of General Assembly.
"The practical necessity of innovation in our increasingly post-Christian country is an opportunity, perhaps even a movement of grace," writes Chris Dela Cruz.
Becca Messman's view of hospitality changed after ministering to a young, dying woman who lived with one foot in heaven and one on earth.
"We do not have to solve the world’s problems, but we do have to love our neighbor," writes Jay Blossom.
"I held the conviction that if anything could unite us amidst our differences, it had to be Jesus," writes Doug Basler.
"Nothing is wrong with smallness if that smallness is chock-full of faithfulness," writes Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.
Asking "Where is Jesus?" can help us find love and light in unexpected places and people, writes Bobby Hulme-Lippert.
Michael Waschevski, who served on the committee that produced Glory to God, shares some thoughts on the art of worship.
Drawing on her decades of ministry experience, Joanna Adams shares several memorable lessons, including one from Bishop Desmond Tutu.
The Bible offers a key to how to live faithfully and lovingly in a world full of diverse opinions, writes John Williams.
"Books ... are the written words that guide us, walk alongside us, encourage, and challenge us to think compassionately, to think bigger, to think in a way that includes the 'other.'" — Nadine Ellsworth-Moran
"Mass shootings continue to be a life-stealing issue, but the church has the tools to find the capacity to prophetically respond," writes Alex Evangelista.
“Grief makes all things new, just in the way no one wanted.” — Becca Messman
Gwendolyn Brooks writes, “We are each other’s harvest.” To be each other’s harvest requires us to also help each other in the planting, the cultivating, the weeding and the nurturing, adds Marcella Auld Glass.
Preaching scholar Thomas Long shares some thoughts on preaching funerals.
Safwat Marzouk outlines how cross-cultural experiences can be spiritual pilgrimages, and that there's grace for mistakes along the way.
At church, life insists on unfolding one day at a time.
Jimmie Hawkins reflects on 2022 and speaks a word of hope for 2023.
William E. W. Robinson explores how God often accompanies us in life through the presence of others.
Josefina Ahumada reflects on sanctuary and Advent in the context of serving migrant workers in Tuscon, Arizona.
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