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God spoke the word

Genesis 1: John 1 Before the time when time was kept, The earth was empty, dark and deep. Across the wrinkled waters..

When God is silent

Recently, two of my friends surprised me by flying my twin sister out on my birthday weekend to celebrate. We are identical..

Easter victory

Why not make every day your Easter Victory? Free yourself from the fear of human mortality. “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for..

Go slow to go fast

I recently visited Mt. Vernon, George Washington’s family home. Since that visit I have been thinking a lot about a particular scene..

God unexpected

Guest commentary by Joyce Munro To the young mother who let me get behind the steering wheel that day while you sat..

Writing my own balm

As a companion to our spring book issue, we asked our bloggers about their experiences of writing as a spiritual practice. Here..

Writing as prayer

As a companion to our spring book issue, we asked our bloggers about their experiences of writing as a spiritual practice. Here..

Rethinking hope

In the Faerie Tale Theater version of Cinderella, which I watched innumerable times as a child, Jean Stapleton plays the Fairy Godmother...

More than a budget

Every. Month. Every month I sit down with my budget, my bank account statements and my credit card statements. I’m into my..

The four S’s 

  Bill Carl, a Presbyterian pastor and former president of Pittsburgh Seminary, wrote a chapter in the book “Best Advice: Wisdom on..

Rich in contentment

Guest commentary by Daniel Wilmoth My dad is the restless type, and when I was a kid he changed jobs every few..

Inside Edna

Guest commentary by Matt Schmidt I am sleeping inside the 71-degree womb of Edna, a climate-controlled, robotic arthropod — a giant mechanical..

Learning forgiveness

Guest Outpost blog by Jeffrey A. Schooley “But he didn’t say anything, and neither did she. Not because the words were deliberately..

Dying alone

Guest commentary by Ann Conklin – This piece was written during her participation in a Louisville Institute grant project, "Congregational Life and..

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