God cannot be stopped in his good purposes for his whole creation. The mystery of the gospel is that God uses our own rejection and death as the means of […]
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What is hope? A clear vision of a better future. Why is hope important? Without it we would despair and not move forward. God, out of his love for us, […]
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We’re all familiar with love songs today. And, we are familiar with songs of love lost or broken. But those too are love songs. Those are songs of love gone […]
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The God of Israel is the God who always says, “Go! I send you!” Even as exiles, the children of Israel knew themselves to be messengers, a people called to […]
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Is the God of Israel the God of the Jews only? Are the nations excluded from God’s covenant? Is Jesus’s death and resurrection only for some or for all? The […]
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Do you know what it is that you want? Are you seeking in all the wrong places for all the wrong things? Our own efforts might meet the basest of […]
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What is the source of new creation? The same one who created the heavens and the earth promises to remake them. To bring about the new heavens and the new […]
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How do we know that God will rescue us today? Because he rescued us yesterday. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He has love and compassion for his […]
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From where does our joy come? We try to be happy, but so often even our happiness is tinged by sadness. Life can seem harsh and, at times, empty. What […]
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How can peace be established? Sometimes it takes only the smallest slight to reveal the hostility that lies underneath our polite interactions. So much divides us: thoughts, bel...
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What is the hope for the world? Most, if not all, would agree that we live in a world of turmoil. Some might go so far as to describe their […]
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