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  • Numbering Our Days and Limiting Our Words

    Bible Chat – Psalm 90 Psalm 90 teaches us to live consciously before God—aware of time, restrained in speech, intentional in labor, and oriented toward eternity. When we number our days, we limit our words, choose our work carefully, and hold every moment as sacred trust. Numbering Our Days and Limiting Our Words “Teach us…

  • Walking Out as Sacred Protest

    When Leaving Becomes Faithfulness — The Witness of Absalom Jones There are moments in the life of faith when staying feels virtuous — patient, enduring, long-suffering. And there are moments when staying becomes surrender. On this feast day of Absalom Jones (1746–1818), we remember a moment when leaving was not rebellion, but righteousness. In 1792,…

  • Neither Do I Condemn You

    Wheat, Tares, and the Hope of a New Life “She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”— John 8:11 Jesus once told a story about a field. In that field, wheat and tares grew together. When servants asked if they should pull up…

  • Gracious Living • Grounded Faith • The Fruit That Delights God

    Hebrews closes where faith always has to land: how belief becomes behavior. After rich theology and careful argument, Hebrews 13 asks a simple, searching question—What does life in the kingdom of God actually look like? The answer unfolds in three movements: gracious living, grounded faith, and glorious praise expressed through faithful service. I. Gracious Living…

  • Faith Without the Spotlight

    Matthew 6:1–18 In Matthew 6:1–18, Jesus offers a searching warning: it is possible to practice our faith in ways that look spiritual but slowly shift our focus away from God and toward the approval of others. Giving, prayer, forgiveness, and fasting are not condemned by Jesus. In fact, he assumes his followers will practice them.…

  • Besetting Sin and Peaceful Righteousness

    Hebrews 12:3-11 “The sin that doth so easily beset us.” from Hebrews 12:1-11 What weighs you down? What comes between you and the you that you want to be? What keeps you/u from moving forward in your spiritual, emotional, and relational life? What is sin? That may well be a question for another day. Here…

  • Faith as a Force Multiplier

    Faith is a force multiplier. “… force multiplier is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other hardware) the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it.” — Wikipedia General Colin Powell liked to use the term to refer to having the right people in place and them empowering them to…

  • Last Full Measure of Devotion

    On February 3, 1943, Methodist minister the Reverend George L. Fox, Reform Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, PhD, Catholic priest Father John P. Washington, and Reformed Church in America minister the Reverend Clark V. Poling were all together on the SS Dorchester. It was a civilian liner that had been converted to military use during word…

  • Faith Factor

    Faith, according to Hebrews 11:1 is substantive and evidential in and of itself. Does that suggest that faith in anything proves the thing? Yes and no.Yes, faith, because of divine and universal principles set in motion from the time when God first created wisdom, dictates laws of belief and reality. No, because some things are…

  • Draw Near

    “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” – Hebrews 10:22 We have often heard and spoken the words, “Come to church” When we say them, our hearts are right. Deep inside we know that…