The COVID-19 pandemic has put extraordinary pressures on marriages and families. I was speaking to a family attorney yesterday who told me that he has received more calls to initiate divorce proceedings in the last three weeks than in the past two years. While we do not know all that God is doing in and through this crisis, strengthening families during crisis is possible. […]
Sunday’s Sermon for Monday’s World (Eerdmans)
Excerpted FromSundays Sermon for Mondays WorldBy Sally Brown One visionary, creative action by one person can reverberate around the world. On a Thursday evening, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parksan African American employee in a department store, weary after another workday on her feet, and weary as well of Americas racist double standardsrefused to comply with […]
New Directions for Education, Ministry, and Discipleship (Zondervan)
Excerpted FromBridging Theory and Practice in Childrens SpiritualityEdited by Mimi Larson and Robert Keeley I am not advocating just gathering a bunch of preschoolers together and telling them all the stories they have not heard before. That is neither helpful nor educationally sound. But we can share these difficult stories and do it well if […]
Facing the Darkness of Your Fears to Experience the Light (Baker Books)
Excerpted FromBefriending Your MonstersBy Luke Norsworthy I once stood at the front of Randy’s Monday night preaching class after delivering a fake sermon. After a fake sermon in preaching class concludes, classmates give feedback based on an honor code. We all get better grades if everyone honors one another with positive feedback. I basked in … Continued
The coronavirus is a God-given wake-up call to be ready for the second coming of Christ. Even though the history of the Christian church is littered with failed predictions of the end of the world, it remains true that Jesus Christ is coming back. “Men of Galilee,” the angel said at Jesus’s departure, “why do … Continued
An exploration of migration in the Bible to inform our own response to immigrants
