The Gift of Receiving
JUNE 15, 2013 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- My son went into hospital, and for the first time, I was the object of help. There was this massive...
Why Conflict is Good For Us
JUNE 12, 2013 | BY: MICAH BALES -- As a teenager, I always loved a good fight. I got a huge adrenaline rush from hashing out Very...
Be Ready to Be Changed
BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- We reach out into the world to serve rather than to be served. But on those rare occasions when grace breaks...
Reversing Exclusion of the Other
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- A thinking individual must wonder :: at what point did we begin to move backwards and away from the ‘come as you are culture’ which Jesus...
Community As Sacrament…Why Does It Matter?
BY: JON HUCKINS -- Are Christ’s characteristics and heart for the world reflected in the way we live as a community? Do we love...
Jesus’ Name is Alecia. Really?
BY: JON HUCKINS -- As Ruby and I sat in the coffee shop, I realized the significance of knowing our neighbors names...
Why Worship Without Justice Dishonors God
BY: MORGAN GUYTON -- So many Christians today abstract their vertical relationship with God from their horizontal relationships with...
Are We Better Than Them?
BY: KERRY DIXON -- I can tell this story because I can’t imagine myself ever thinking such thoughts, let alone saying them out...
Screw Your Neighbor
Have your ever noticed how we so easily invert traditional – even Biblical sayings and values?
We might call ourselves Christians, but our language, if not our behavior, will betray us every day.
As Paul p...
Loving Like Jesus: Views and Reviews
I ran across two items recently, one innocent and sweet, the other not so much. The first is a brief exchange between two characters in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh.
Piglet: “How do you spell love?...