With gratitude to friend and colleague Lindsey Young —- In Mark 2, Jesus healed a paralyzed man because of the faith of his FRIENDS. This is why your circle matters.

I keep getting ads telling me how to “live to be 100” Here’s an idea: let’s try living today Reminder: Psalm 118:24

The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. The harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. — J. I. Packer When I was even younger than I am now, I thought this was…

Parker Palmer: “I do not understand why others are able to find new life in the midst of a living death, though I am one of them.” Christ Jesus: “I am the resurrection, and I am life itself.” “I’m here…

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The ad opened with, “Turn yourself into a caricature” and I didn’t have to read any further. I’ve already turned myself into one too many times on my own. Maybe you have as well. Join me in a review of…

Jesus promises rest for our weary souls. And that really is good news. That is the gospel that can drive us forward, renewed and ready. That’s what Amy Sigmon* writes about Matthew 11:25-30. It can drive us forward. Is it?…

“Modern life is about finding answers, not about asking questions,” writes Arthur C. Brooks in his latest book. “Work is a job,” he continues, “not a calling.” What say you?

A hero of mine from another tribe and another era is Charles Haddon Spurgeon, a British Baptist from the 19th century. Among the innumerable gems he left us this — Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to…

“Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is timing.” Roman Catholic Bishop Sheen wrote that. I’m a United Methodist Christian. We’ve been criticized for being people who love to get things done. “Patience waits on the right time…