In today’s passage, Zephaniah 3:14-20, the prophet Zephaniah invited the people to “rejoice, to not be afraid, and to believe that God would bring healing and restoration…[Zephaniah] spoke these words to a people whose lives...

“Hannah, the central character in our biblical text, is honored by interpreters as a woman of faith, patience, and kindness,” begins Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, Senior Pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC. She continues,...

“Have you ever felt used? It’s a crummy feeling to be treated as a pawn or stepping stone in someone’s plan, as an unwilling object used for another’s benefit or pleasure. It’s dehumanizing and it’s...

“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,”...

A lawyer asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus responds with the most famous parable of all, The Parable of the Good Samaritan, from Luke 10:25-37. The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Interim Senior Minister at...