Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where… read more

Editor's Note: This article first appeared last fall, around the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. The importance of this issue is renewed all the more by this weekend's shooting at a … read more

Jesus’s resurrection is the beginning of God’s new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. (N.T. Wright) … read more

Last year our family joined a small group that focuses on sharing real life together, while being intentionally vague in defining the spiritual nature of our gatherings… read more

In Somalia, 3.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the United Nations (UN) has declared that five regions are in famine.The UN defines famine as the… read more

At Christmastime, we think of Bethlehem as the peaceful little town where Jesus was born, a star shining and angels singing overhead. But today, Bethlehem is one of the most… read more