The idea that love is all we need isn’t wrong, it's just misunderstood.  It is time to open up this box and see what's inside.

Today we look at Paul's take on God's work of bringing the kingdom of heaven - work that we are invited to be part of. It's an epic task but we'll find that the resources we are given are more than adequate.

What enables us to Shine is not our diplomas or our successes but our time spent in the dark.

Salting the earth is not an add-on to a list of things we need to do – it is the by-product when a community is flourishing, when it’s living life together in the Jesus way.

As Mary returned to Nazareth after a tumultuous time away, she didn’t have pat answers or tidy explanations of what God was doing. But she had a heart full of memories and had acquired the skill of pondering them in a way that sustained and stretched her.

Sometimes you cannot take what you discover, but you can keep what is revealed.

The Christmas story is ultimately a story about God, and what the shepherds discover on that wintry night in Bethlehem is a God Who is both infinite and intimate.

You may not realize that Mary encounters two angels in the birth story recorded by Luke.  One gives her the courage to head to the hill country in Judea, and the other to return home.

It's one thing to say you are being persecuted because of Christianity, but it is a completely different thing to say you are being persecuted because of Jesus.  One enables you to flourish, the other has you criticizing coffee cups.

In our sadly divided world, peace has been reduced to the absence of conflict and is enforced with walls. But Jesus offers a better way!