We all know what it’s like to be distraught disciples, says Courtney Allen Crump, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. We’ve all found ourselves, at one time or another, experiencing something that left...

“Sometimes Sunday can be a jarring, discordant experience,” says Will Willimon. “You settle down into the pew only to be hit over the head by some unfamiliar idea, some alien biblical text, poked in the...

“And now,” begins Will Willimon, “we are going to engage in a daring activity. I’m going to try to speak for the risen Christ. And you are going to try to listen for a word...

“I understand why the world has it’s doubts about the church,” says Judy Kincaid. “We brought it on ourselves with things like the crusades, the inquisition, our acceptance of segregation and our mistreatment of the...

On Easter Sunday we celebrate the good news of Jesus’ resurrection, but that’s not all. In 1 Corinthians 15 the Apostle Paul reminds us that we, too, will be raised from the dead. “How can...

“In our larger culture, this is of course, Memorial Day weekend…And those of us in the church have something in addition to celebrate this weekend. Today is Ascension Sunday, which is always the last Sunday...