Clearly John the Baptist and Jesus aren't approaching baptism from the same angle as each other: are we?
God loves you. Perhaps we should show that love with one another from time to time?
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.
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.
When the nature of our relationships as human beings is reduced to "who's winning?" -- then we all lose. And even worse, we take the rest of Creation down with…
Despite changes and challenges over the years, the call to ministry in this place is as clear as ever.
What do we truly want for Bethel, for ourselves? What does God want? And are we ready to start working for it?