If you’re like me, you are inclined to believe that God operates according to the same rules of justice and fairness that govern our modern Western society. We assume that God rewards honesty and goodness, and that those who lie or deceive or … [Continue reading]
Listen Up and Be Heard
Over the last few weeks the gospel readings have guided us through Jesus’ long and poignant goodbye speech, as recounted in John. Knowing that he will soon be leaving his disciples after three years of teaching and leading and prodding them, Jesus … [Continue reading]
Commanded to Love
There are many questions about what we believe for which a simple “yes” or “no” will be adequate. Do you believe in the Trinity? Is the Bible inerrant? Was Jesus God’s incarnate son, and did he rise from the dead? Answers to such questions have … [Continue reading]
Even Greater Things
If you were to set out on a journey in search of God, where would you go? Over the centuries, people have travelled the world in search of God. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit such sacred places as the Holy Land, or St. Peter’s … [Continue reading]
Portrait of a Church
There have been thousands of books written over the last twenty years or so on the sticky subject of “church growth.” Interestingly enough, this sudden proliferation of books on how to grow churches has taken place during a period of rapid and steep … [Continue reading]
