Judy Kincaid, pastor of Little Elk Creek Lutheran Church and New Hope Lutheran Church in Menomonie, Wisconsin, begins with a story of a friend’s mother-in-law. Kevin told her that his mother-in-law was a kind and...

“‘Do you want to be made well?’ Jesus asked the man who had been living as an invalid for 38 years…Usually people were begging Jesus to heal them, to cure them from whatever illness had...

Why does the story of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 resonate with so many of us? Carla Pratt Keyes, pastor of Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, says, “I think it’s the...