We are never closer to Christ than we come before him stripped of pretense, fully confessional that our lives may be filled with all kinds of good things that get us good seats, but humble to acknowledge it’s never enough. We need God’s grace and life.

Jesus wants to bring freedom to us all. And he wants to use us to do it. Sometimes we need to be the one leading the other by the hand, supporting them, taking them to the throne of God in prayer. Sometimes we need to let someone else lead us. We all serve something or somebody. Christ sets us free so that we can serve God. That is where true freedom is found.

When Jesus teaches at the synagogue, you know it's not going to be an ordinary sabbath. On this particular sabbath day, Jesus heals a woman, shows that the healing work of God is never out-of-bounds, and catches the entire assembly off-guard.

The Rev. Dr. Doug Richnow provides a short, basic view of the theology of baptism in the Episcopal Church in preparation for the baptisms of five children.

The beautiful crescendoing mix of objective and subjective faith sets our hearts ablaze for God, ignites love, and fuels the fiery torrents of hope, the lifeline of the soul.

The story of Abraham, in our Hebrews reading, is a story of someone following their heart. What does that say about where he found his treasure?

Paul wants the young Christians in Colossae to know they are vitally connected to Jesus through the Holy Spirit, giving them access to the Father. Because of this, they, and we too, can live holy lives, using our minds, our bodies, and our voices to bless God and our neighbors.

The life of Jesus is too grand, too magnificent, too beautiful to allow our lives to be scrunched down to a mere quest for wealth, success, and security.

A mediation on the purpose of prayer and the expectations around it, with an emphasis on God's desire for a relationship with us.