At the heart of it, prayer is just honest communication with God -- nothing more, nothing less.
Clearly John the Baptist and Jesus aren't approaching baptism from the same angle as each other: are we?
People are more than their labels, but if you absolutely have to give them one, try "beloved child of God."
We are more connected than we ever care to admit.
The true measure of a church is not how many people go to it, but how many people are changed because of it.
It would have been easy for Esther to 'save herself.' It's often easy for us to do the same. But true peace can only come when we act in light…
I don't know exactly what happened in Ferguson, MO this past summer. But I do know this: in the sort of society God wants for us, it won't happen again.
Biblical justice isn't about punishing the bad in people: it's about creating space in society for the good.
As we ponder All Saints Day, in addition to being touched by the past, let us move to touch the present, and in doing so shape the future.