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[serialposts]It’s the middle of chapter three in Ephesians and Paul is still penning words from prison. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of...
[serialposts]My fingers tap allegro on the chair in front of me, keeping time to the rhythm of my heart when I look at the back of her teenage head, her waif frame knuckled between siblings. I know this feeling; it isn’t the first time it’s hovered over me in church....
[serialposts]Have you ever noticed how much "Once upon a time" sounds like "In the beginning"? It's how the great stories begin (and reveals where the great stories were born). I noticed this when I read Ephesians the way I went looking for thimbleberries. We were...
[serialposts]For many of these ideas, I am indebted to the excellent commentary on the book of Ephesians in the NIV Application series written by Dr. Klyne Snodgrass, Professor of New Testament at North Park Theological Seminary. Like any good letter-writer in the...
[serialposts] "It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are...
I wrote "Love" with a needle and dark blue embroidery thread, intending to...
Starting a new church is popular these days. Some will get started in a...
Hope. It is an easy thing to say. We hope they get a new job. We hope the...
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