You can be a good person without believing in God, and without going to church. Hope, though, is the thing that makes all the difference.
Read MoreJacob is a trickster and a schemer. These are just the kind of people God uses.
Read MoreFaith communities often see themselves as offering something that changes other people. But in this story of Abraham and Sarah we discover that it's those who do the welcoming who are most changed.
Read MoreWe're future-oriented creatures. Without something to inspire us, to make us excited to be alive, we become imprisoned by fear and anxiety.
Read MoreThe story of the Bible isn't souls judged and sent to an afterlife. It's creation redeemed and made whole, beginning to end. We join in.
Read MoreGiving is usually good. But it also has its shadow side.
Read MoreGuest preacher Scott Agur says that "In this passage, the story is told of Jesus bringing calm and purpose to the disciples on a stormy night on the Sea of Galilee and then leading them to a ministry of love and sharing in the community of Gennesaret."
Read MoreGiving is often thought of as a burden. But what if we thought of it as an act of true freedom?
Read MoreFor us, talking about money is like walking on eggshells. We’ve gotta be very careful. But like in so many other places in the Bible Jesus. According to today’s passage Jesus’ preference is less about tiptoeing over or around our eggshells. His strategy seems to be to stomp them into oblivion.
Read MoreHow do we reconcile the Bible's cultural assumptions about women with our convictions about equality?
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