The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, author, activist, and former Senior Minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, preaches a sermon from the Gospel lesson for this Sunday from Mark 8:31-38. She begins: “You...

“If we walk with God long enough it seems that somewhere along the way we will find ourselves wandering and wondering. That is what Abram and Sarai have been up to when we encounter them...

“Promise me you will come back. Do you promise?” Father Michael Renninger, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, heard this question each time he left one of his dear elderly congregants. This...

A stranger once asked Jim Somerville, “Have you been born again?” He thought he should say yes, and eventually he did, but it left him wondering: “Why would anyone ask that question in the first...

Will Willimon, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, acclaimed preacher, and author of over sixty books, believes that you can tell a great deal about people by what they consider...