Acts

Like the characters in Acts 16, we are imprisoned to power structures.

The disciples’ wonder and confusion at Jesus’ ascension is a comfort to us.

Dominant Western cultures tend to downplay the significance of dreams. The Bible does not.

People who have died do not typically eat fish, nor expound upon the scriptures, nor stand among us to offer a blessing and then get whisked away into heaven.

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.

To speak Black Church is to dwell in a world of metaphors about a God who is engaged in the lives of Black people.

Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?

Fruitful ministry becomes sustainable when it is shared, person to person and generation to generation.

Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.

Holly Carey turns up the brightness on the most faithful disciples in the gospels: the women.

So why do so many of them embrace it as a solution?

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

In the Mennonite tradition, we are all priests. But I still have a particular role to play.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The church in Acts 2 will follow Jesus, for they know his voice.