Daily Devotional • May 16
A Reading from Wisdom 6:12-23
12 Wisdom is radiant and unfading,
and she is easily discerned by those who love her,
and is...
Daily Devotional • May 15
A Reading from Wisdom 5:9-23
9 “All those things have vanished like a shadow,
and like a rumor that passes by;
10 like...
Daily Devotional • May 14
A Reading from Wisdom 4:16-5:8
16 The righteous who have died will condemn the ungodly who are living,
and youth that is...
Daily Devotional • May 12
A Reading from Wisdom 1:16-2:11; 21-24
16 But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death;
considering him a friend, they...
Daily Devotional • May 11
A Reading from Wisdom 1:1-15
1 Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth,
think of the Lord in goodness
and seek him with...
A culture of competition may lead to spending our days grasping at versions of ourselves that don't exist while evading the truth of who we really are.
It is not just the reality that we will one day die that should inform our pastoral presence, but also the fact that even now we live only by the grace of God. The grace of God in Christ is not only true, but it turns out that it is all that we have.
I was raised a Mennonite, an old Reformation church rooted in certain European traditions. My parents, likewise, were both brought up  in the Church,...
There is a part of us that almost assumes that such fine and faithful servants as Peter and Paul should have been afforded a quiet retirement in houses by the sea.
