All of us know what it's like to be hurt or betrayed. Often it's a small breach such as being spoken to rudely or overlooked in a time of need. Other times we experience lies, gossip, or...więcej »
While some people might become pastors to offer counsel, I expect that many pastors see counseling as a daunting, disorienting, and even dreaded part of the job. It can even be scorned by some who ...więcej »
E. Stanley Jones observed that people 'know everything about life except how to live it.' We humans have acquired immense knowledge and achieved great things. We are enlightened, Jones said, but...więcej »
In Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, author, professor, and biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine explores the biblical texts surrounding the story of the birth of Jesus....więcej »
"This is beautiful and brilliant stuff, profound and plain, incredibly human, wise and charming. I trusted and enjoyed every word." -Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author about ...więcej »
Have you ever thought you had life under control--until you didn't? Perhaps thinking 'God is in control' but living as if you are. It's like walking around with a hot cup of coffee, afra...więcej »
Making Disciples is a 13-session mentor-based confirmation program that pairs confirmands with adult mentors and guides them through a variety of learning experiences that will strengthen the st...więcej »
Making Disciples is a 13-session mentor-based confirmation program that pairs confirmands with adult mentors and guides them through a variety of learning experiences that will strengthen the st...więcej »
Often our Advent preparations have an inward focus as we prepare for the significance of God breaking into our world through the birth of the Christ child. But in a closer examination of the Adv...więcej »
A daily devotional book based on the idea of mastering life. A group of ordinary people, Jones, says, were mastered by the risen Christ. At Pentecost, God moved into them in the Holy Spirit. Mas...więcej »
For more than 200 years, Methodists have shared God's love with the world and relieve human suffering by offering healing, hope, and holiness everywhere. Serving Faithfully Amid the Tensions tel...więcej »
Mountaintop moments--those moments when we experience the power, love, and grace of God in a way difficult to capture with words. They give us a sense of God's presence in our lives and ofte...więcej »
Traditioned innovation is a habit of being and living that cultivates a certain kind of moral imagination shaped by storytelling and expressed in creative, transformational action. Moral imagina...więcej »