Month: February 2020

Why the World Still Needs the Church

The critics are right; the church is broken. Nowhere is this reality more apparent than in disputes about what the Bride of Christ actually is. An institution or a relationship? A means for spirituality or...

/ February 11, 2020

Story 5: The Little Red Frog

The city was grimy.  All smothered in smog. Until one dot of color Hopped in from the bog. In a city so gray He didn’t belong. His brightness was blinding, The little red frog. In...

/ February 7, 2020

The Innate Knowledge of More

The question is usually posed in moments of sadness and desperation. It is spoken ruefully, tragically, and yet points to an intrinsic hope—sometimes only the slightest sliver of hope. “Is this all there is?” That...

/ February 6, 2020

Song 5: None Can Take Away My Joy

The song describes how, no matter what, I can rejoice in Christ’s claim on me. Verse 1 High above the earth and the heavens Deep within the seed you have sown Christ alone is reigning...

/ February 5, 2020

‘I Would Rather Die Than Hate You.’

Martin Luther King, Jr., knew love isn’t just a means of redeeming our enemies; it’s a way of redeeming ourselves. Hatred can only lead to more hatred, but by injecting love, the chain of hatred...

/ February 4, 2020