Today at St. James’s begins a study on The Revelation to John, commonly referred to as “Revelations,” though in fact it is a singular “Revelation.” It sounds like an unimportant point, but for me it’s like when people refer to Su ...
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A friend recently asked for support and prayers during a particularly stressful time. Her worries would be recognizable to many of us—a too-tight budget, the exhausting juggling act of child care and work, living far from family members who c ...
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If in one thousand years some archeologists unearth evidence of a caped crusader who protected the streets of a place known as Gotham City, they are going to have a hard time nailing down a concise timeline of his career ...
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Jesus lays out some hard and fast rules of the road for churches in this week’s lesson from the Gospel According to Matthew. Now there weren’t “churches” per se at this time, but replace the word “churches” with “assemblies” o ...
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When something happens…anything…we have a tendency to make a mad dash to uncover causality and assign blame. Some times we do so only in order to reinforce our own beliefs and life decisions. Comedian Jim Gaffigan characterizes this wel ...
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This week, horrific news is coming out of Iraq, where Islamic extremists are reportedly harassing and killing non-Muslims, including Christians. While reports of Christian children being beheaded are unconfirmed (please God may these reports be false), the situation for religious ...
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Illustration by Owen Jones from "The History of Joseph and His Brethren" (Day & Son, 1869). Scanned and archived at www.OldBookArt.com where it was marked as Public Domain. Text from Book: Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, ...
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Last weekend, Daniel and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to pick Leah up from the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) summer course at King's College. Our children's choir is based on the RSCM model, and every summer several of ...
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"...neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rules, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ ...
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My daughter tells me that when I'm not at home, our dog (whose name is Sunday) wanders around looking for me. She sniffs all the places where I can usually be found, like the dining room window seat, the kitchen, ...
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