The episode in which you may laugh at me for trying to pronounce a very large group of very unfamiliar names.

Of course, to Paul they were very familiar.

Which is kind of the point.

How do we measure faithfulness?

Is it avoiding a list of demerits... or something deeper?

It's easy to feel overwhelmed. It's hard to know where to start. And yet God is clear about our calling to care for the poor.

I just have a few questions.

They couldn't keep Jesus form being killed. they could give him a proper burial. 

Sometimes all we can do is all we can do.

God had every right to say "I told you so." Israel ignored God and wound up in a world of hurt.

But God's "I told you so" becomes a lullaby of love.

For Israel. For us.

Sometimes we get so focused on what we cannot do that we neglect the things we can do.

Treated badly by her mistress, a pregnant Hagar fled into the wilderness to escape.

God met her there.

Abram thought God needed a little help.

It did not go well.

The usual story is that being born born again means getting on your knees and praying a certain prayer. What if that isn't what it's about at all?

I'm pretty good with trusting God with part of my heart. Still, there are some pockets that I try to keep to myself.