Grace Mills River

To drift is to be carried away slowly but surely by a current of air or water. Drift can happen in any relationship—a steady pull away from another person—and for all manner of reasons. This divergence can happen with a friend, our families, and with...

Though a tide may be turning, faith, of any stripe, in a modern world can feel fragile–that is, prone to second-guessing–given the number of well-worn religious and philosophical traditions which live in close proximity to one another. At the same...

Can one verse capture what it means to embody the worth of the life of Jesus? We think so and we turn to Hebrews 13:21 to find that simple, profound way of responding, not transactionally, but adoringly to the worth of His Life.

It’s a unique word that possesses the power in some cases to inspire and in others to haunt. One word that shares that dual potency is “worthy.” Men, women, and children have been roused to feats of courage, stoked by the call to live worthily of the...

Commercially, Christmas is known for debt not freedom. But we have it backwards. Paul tells us that God sent his Son to grant us freedom from a certain kind of debt. And God sent his Spirit into our hearts with a freedom for rights and privileges...

If we are to understand–and know!--this peace promised at His birth, we would best hear it from His own mouth. Why is His peace–the one He leaves us like an invaluable inheritance and gives us freely–not just unlike the kind of peace we might find...

The peace from God–introduced at Christmas, manifested in Jesus, accomplished at Calvary, and sustained by the indwelling Spirit – what does something so high-sounding look like in the most ordinary moments? What makes for this peace, both in its...

The angels were sent to pronounce the best news the world has ever heard. And who was the first stop on the tour? Shepherds, which was code back then for an everyday, normal person. This is heaven's gospel for a certain kind of person, someone we...

The first promise in the arrival of Christ is “peace on earth.” Peace plays a big part in Luke’s explanation of Jesus’s ministry, operating on several fronts. One of those: the human heart. As elusive as it is to experience an abiding peace, so the...

With due respect to our first Presidents who established days of thanksgiving–and then Lincoln who made it a regular annual national observance–there is a sadly ironic analogy to be drawn. If one day in three-hundred-sixty-five is set aside to reflect...