Believing Like Jesus – Bart Tarman

Jesus Believes in Scripture – Conrad Gempf

Jesus Believes in the Inherent Dignity and Value of Women – Idelette McVicker

Violence Renounced – Brian Zahnd

Meditations in the Smoke

Is there really a peace that passes understanding?  And can we, normal human beings, find our way into that peace? Last month, the Thomas fire became the largest wildfire to ever hit California.  It ravaged the areas surrounding my home, including Summerland, Carpinteria, and Montecito. ......

Lessons from Christmas – About God, Yourself, and Others

If, like me, the celebration of Christmas has been a part of your spiritual tradition, you may be tempted to move on past this article.  After all, you know the story.  You’ve heard the lessons…maybe a thousand times.  And, Christmas sermons might just seem like......

Cured of “Versitis”

Following Jesus is less about a verse by verse detailed map that we’ve grown accustomed to, and more about following an overarching ethos, style, mood, and way of following Jesus that pays attention to the verses, but ultimately seeks the heart of Jesus within them.......

I Think God Is Crying

I wake up every night crying, my friend said quietly, and I think God is crying too. I was in Nazareth, walking with an Arab Christian friend on the Mount of Beatitudes....