Spiritual Life Archives

As people are made in God’s image, how does God reveal himself through our longing for home? Here are seven reasons we long for home and why that’s...

How do you survive and pick up the pieces of your life when a dream or plan has died? Here are few ways God can use times of unexpected changes in...

The challenge we face is understanding how to love people the way Jesus did. This is critical because this might have more impact on someone’s life...

As I write this, I am sitting with my mother-in-law in her private room inside an inpatient hospice facility. She is sleeping. We are waiting....

Ephesus is a prominent city within the New Testament. But if you want to travel to Ephesus today, you will have some difficulty. Today there is no...

There are some knee-jerk things Christians say in crisis situations that we need to stop saying. Even though you mean well, chances are they are...

What should we ask God (and ourselves) if we've been invited to a wedding and aren't sure whether we should go?

As we are reading His Word, we can reflect on many Bible verses to help us when we are struggling. Here are five of the best Bible verses when you...

If we want to know how to treat people like neighbors — even people very different from us — we can watch how our older brother Jesus did it. He...

Over the last several months, a question has been rolling around in my mind. Recent events in the political arena have not quelled the question but...

Most Christians have little to no idea about the red heifer, from its original Old Testament context to its use as a symbol over millennia. Here...

At the heart of art for Christian creatives—be they musician, painter, writer, or other—is the desire to do “good works” that reflect their...

Summer camp instills Christian life lessons into young people, but years later, it's counselors who often have the most to reflect upon.

To now change the way words are used (a classic approach of dictatorships since time immemorial; for evidence, read George Orwell's 1984) is at...

As Jesus-followers, we must remember to guard against antisemitism for many reasons. Here are seven particular reasons why Christians should care...