John

Children are good at asking questions that build relationship.

The disciples remember every miracle that Jesus did, every truth that he proclaimed.

God is the encounter we can't control.

God is the encounter we can't control.

The church doesn’t always value people as God does. Not even Mary.

Before judging individuals for their sin, we should try to understand the forces of evil influencing them.

Communion is not the only time we seek Jesus like a hungry baby.

Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.

People must have gasped when Jesus opened his mouth and said 'I am.'

I have an enduring memory of bread I ate when I was four. Jesus' bread also abides.

At that deserted spot on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus could've used a grocery store.

I routinely saw patients who were racist, sexist, demanding, and cruel. They were also afraid, exhausted, in pain, and helpless.

We embrace uninitiated visitors, rowdy children, and blue jeans. Why not tears?

We embrace uninitiated visitors, rowdy children, and blue jeans. Why not tears?

Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.

Cheap resistance is like cheap grace. It risks very little.

Nicodemus’s problem is the power of evil, and he can’t find his own way out of it.

Sometimes it seems that the vine grower has prepared the vineyard and gone off to a remote island where things are warmer and nicer.

John 3:16 is about crisis, but not the crisis of God brooding in heaven waiting on us to make a choice.