You can be flawed, anxious and sometimes irritated, but don't forget that your life is the greatest company in the world. Only you can prevent her from going into decline. There are many who appreciate, admire and love you. And you don't know but there are people for...
Have you ever thought about this? In 100 years like in 2123 we will all be buried with our relatives and friends. Strangers will live in our homes we fought so hard to build, and they will own everything we have today. All our possessions will be unknown and unborn,...
Admitting any error does not fall easily from the lips of religious folk--ironically, the very people who want others to confess their sins and turn from their wicked ways.
One of the biggest things that made me doubt the Evangelical Christianity of my past was actually meeting all the people I was told to fear, distrust, and treat as my “enemy,” only to find that they were incredible, kind, thoughtful, complex and beautiful people loved...
Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
Evangelical Christianity has been hijacked by people who would give Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door.
Dear Christian, The clearest picture of what we truly believe isn't revealed by our knowledge of Scripture or our theological arguments. The clearest, most vivid display of what we truly believe is revealed by how we treat other people. It is by our love or our lack...
There is a huge difference in a community where people live alongside each other, and one where people live among each other. Jesus came to live among us, not just alongside us. Jesus "made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14).
Let us pause to acknowledge the unseen goodness around us. We may not see it, but it is always here – a small universe of kindness and compassion – lived out around us every day, unseen but constant. People helping, people caring, people listening. The creators of...
Jesus's understanding of forgiveness was so radical because he did not need people to repent before he accepted them. He did not require a change in behavior before he loved, respected, and related to them. Yet, it was precisely this unconditional love and forgiveness...