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It's a question I ask my children all the time.
Known to us in dirt and spit
The earthiness of Jesus' cure of the blind man in John 9 recalls all of the ways that God uses basic elements in creation and salvation.
April 16, Resurrection of the Lord
At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.
How do we wrap our minds around hunger?
Why does Jesus tie these two things together?
A refugee’s gift
In offering another refugee his citizenship, Chuong Nguyen is not submitting a transactional sort of sacrifice. He is giving a gift of selfless love.
Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well, by Guercino
So often the call to discipleship slides into becoming a call to church membership.
When this woman heard what she thought to be true about the movement of God among us, she testified.
Why I stay: A prayer
Because my yearning comes from somewhere, and that somewhere must be you.
by Debie Thomas