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Stories

  • How Not to Drown: A Guidebook

    Waiting is absolutely no fun, but God seems to delay us quite regularly, and he always has a plan, so what is he up to with our waits?

  • Social Isolation: Talk to Me

    Our words have enormous power to affect other people, so how should we use this ability either to help or harm others?

    Ken Wytsma and A.J. Swoboda opened their joint book with the following story:

  • The Prayers That Shake Kingdoms

    Praying is a crucial part of the Christian life, and we need communication with the Lord to flourish, so how do we pray with power and passion?

  • The Clash of Generations in Church

    Discussions swirl around how to unify Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z in church, but is there an answer in sight, and how do we please everyone?

  • The Glory of the Unnoticed Moments

    The whole world pushes us to have grand achievements and gain recognition, but how does that match with the Bible’s commands?

  • A Meditation on Fearing Death

    When people talk about dying, they could be referring to a couple different aspects of death, and we should not condemn their fears without understanding what they’re discussing.

  • A Quiet Easter of Longing and Hope

    Thanks to recent events, our Easter looks quite different for many people, but is that necessarily a bad thing?

    With much of the world in quarantine thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, this Easter has the potential to look quite different for many of us.

  • The Saturday When God Was Silent

    man praying overlooking a mountain

    The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is an odd break in the resurrection story, so how do we understand God’s apparent inaction here?

  • Good Friday and the Death of a Lamb

    This holiday, which is uncomfortable and frequently half ignored, is one of the most important for believers, so what do we miss by skipping over it to Easter?

    Autumn has a certain smell.

  • Passover: Social Justice and the Holy Judge

    passover bread and wine

    We all want the world to be a better and more just place, but how do we handle the fact that we’re part of the world’s worst problem?