the church

Wedded to the Christ in Hope

I have filled my Christmas season this year with contemplations of the Christ and His Bride. I’ve thought about the love Jesus has for...

Shining Advent Light on Peace

The dawning of the onus of peace began with one bite of the forbidden fruit. And the quest for peace has not ceased this side of Eden’s...

A Confidence You Can Have for the Church

There is a lot of speculation about the survival of the church (coming from both internal and external sources). People talk. And...

Trusting God When Church Life Changes

A post for my friends @ Renew.org When church life changes because of situations out of our control, how can we use the season as an...

Remembering Pentecost

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven...

Remembering His Assuring Words

Forty days counted out past Resurrection Sunday is a day marked for remembrance. Remembrance of the day, ages ago, when the Son of God...

What the Exile Can Teach Us about Returning to Church

My latest essay for Renew.org... Greater than the return of the hobbits to the Shire, greater than Dorothy waking in Kansas, even greater...

The Power and the Beauty of the Psalms in History

I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all...

When the Groom Prepares His Bride

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband (Rev...

Gathered in Prayer

For our Tuesday gathering, I selected three groups gathered before God in prayer from the New Testament in order for us to identify the...

What Today’s Disciples Can Learn from the First Disciples

Being a successful Christian businesswoman isn’t something that just happens—there is a becoming involved. As I’m sure Mary Whelchel...

The Dispersed of God

“I don’t belong in this world,” the 88-year-old woman lamented, frustrated with modern technology. I empathized with the sentiment,...