During my semi-sabbatical, I am trying to spend a few hours every morning in prayer, reflection and meditation. I subscribed to several daily devotionals and have let them guide me to various biblical passages. The two devotional readings today were all about God’s desire to be with us, to...

This past week, Jamie Arpin-Ricci a fellow urban missionary, pastor, church planter and writer, tweeted these words, “Everyone suffers from poor mental health at times. We’re not so different from those with mental illness.  End the stigma once & for all.”  Working with people...

One of the most popular posts on this blog is titled, “Religionless Christianity: Finding God Outside the Institutional Church.”  Many of the hits on that particular post are the result of people searching the web using these kinds of search criteria; “Leaving Christian religion...