- Forward Day By Day - May 9, 2024
One of my friends claims that Jesus’s ascension is even harder to believe than the resurrection. After all, for us today, the desire to see someone raised from the dead is understandable, but someone randomly flying into the sky is less explicable. [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 8, 2024
The end of the world as we know it is on a lot of people’s minds as we live with the effects of climate change, the fears of wars, and more virulent pandemics. Much of the entertainment and media we consume presents various apocalyptic scenarios, f [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 7, 2024
One of the best preachers I ever heard was a storyteller, but not in the way of peppering his sermons with personal illustrations. Instead, he was a storyteller in the way he made the biblical narrative come alive. Humans are meaning-making creatures [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 6, 2024
I identify strongly with the disciples asking Jesus why he teaches in parables because I find myself wanting to reach through the pages of the Bible and ask Jesus to just say what he means. Being removed from the context of Jesus by several millennia [...]
- Blooming Deserts - May 9, 2024
A century ago, lush forest covered roughly 40 percent of Ethiopia, but today it’s around 4 percent. Clearing acreage for crops while failing to protect the trees has led to an ecological crisis. The vast majority of the remaining small patches of g [...] - Eyes to See - May 8, 2024
Joy was concerned for her relative Sandy who for years had struggled with alcoholism and mental-health issues. So Joy went to Sandy’s apartment, but with doors locked it appeared vacant. As she and others planned their search for Sandy, Joy offered [...] - God-Given Gifts - May 7, 2024
Decades ago, I went to a college retreat where everyone was talking about a personality test. “I’m an ISTJ!” one said. “I’m an ENFP,” another chirped. I was mystified. “I’m an ABCXYZ,” I joked. Since then, I’ve learned a lot ab [...] - Loving Obedience - May 6, 2024
During our wedding ceremony, our minister said to me, “Do you promise to love, honor, and obey your husband, until death do you part?” Glancing at my fiancé, I whispered, “Obey?” We’d built our relationship on love and respect—not blind [...]
