Posts tagged “Faith”
Your giants will fall
Maybe your giant is stress. A bad habit. A broken heart. A tendency to lose control when life doesn’t go the way you want. …
What makes hell like hell
I’ve been to hell. No joke. I ran into the very pit of hell and escaped to tell you the story. I should explain….
Faith’s foothold
My friend Roman was a rookie warden in the 1960s, training for mountain rescue in the Canadian Rockies. A farm boy, he’d never climbed…
The beauty on the other side of pain
One of my dearest friends is a potter. She wasn’t always. In truth, it’s what she turned to after a grueling season of chemo…
Add an “and”
A few years ago, I learned the power of the word and. I was preparing for a series called Gay & God, and I…
Remember what God said
Sports fans nervously pace the room when their favorite team is losing. But when the team pulls out a last-second win, they get pumped….
At the empty tomb with Mary—Part 3
“Jesus said to her, ‘Mary’” (John 20:16). The Word made flesh holds the power to create from nothing, but with a gentle breath, he…
At the empty tomb with Mary—Part 2
“At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, ‘Woman, why…
At the empty tomb with Mary—Part 1
“When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven…
How I came to (a deeper) faith in Jesus
I inherited Christianity. That is to say, I was raised in a Christian household, went to Sunday worship, and attended Christian schools. My life…
Wrapped in the identity of God
“But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high” (Psalm 3:3). What does it mean to…
Hold on to the reality of hope
The war in Ukraine adds one more item on our two-year list of collective crises. There is no need for me to rehash all…