Are there particular Biblical passages that you would prefer to skip and not think about their implications? Today’s preacher, Rev. Mandy England Cole admits that to be true of today’s passage from Genesis 22:1-14. However,...

“Today’s Gospel lesson, Luke 12:49-56, is hard! Jesus asks, ‘Did you think I came to bring peace to the earth?’ Well, yes, Jesus, yes, I did. You are the Prince of Peace. I don’t like...

“Growing up in a big family we were committed birthday celebrators…Birthdays are a natural time to look back and see where we’ve been, because life has a way of taking us places we’d never imagined,”...

The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Interim Senior Minister of National City Christian Church in Washington DC, preaches on Luke 21:25-36. Butler questions why this passage (one we probably would not read as a bedtime story...