Spiritual Life Archives

I spent a lot of my early Christian walk hiding the areas of brokenness of which I was most ashamed.

Jesus didn’t leave us with a five-point plan on how to “go into all the world.” What He did was show us how to love people. And that is what it...

What is it, fundamentally, that moves Christians toward racial reconciliation?

Whether we spend the remainder of our lives denying or embracing this basic truth makes all the difference in how we will love God and others.

God’s love isn’t all warm and fuzzies. It’s much deeper, richer, and astonishing than that.

Even when we are surrounded by suffering in the hospital, God is still good.

Great faith is always preceded by in-depth fellowship with our heavenly Father.

Every now and again in our lives we stumble across times when things do not go exactly as planned.

I thought I loved well. I would laugh, text when you needed me and go the extra mile if you ran out of gas. All the boxes were checked next to the...

It seems that all us in today’s world have been touched by suicide; if we haven’t personally struggled here, we probably know someone who has.

My tendency to grumble deserves far more than the consequences I receive. But because of the cross, I am forgiven.

It is in the midst of Naomi’s pain and lament that Ruth comes to know God.

When I read the Bible I don't find anyone who was "too Christian." Instead, I discover weak and often hugely flawed individuals dealing with real...

We unite in Jesus’s name—through his merit, at his bidding, under his authority—and with the assurance of his presence.

As Chuck Colson said, our worldview determines how we live. And even how we treat our dead.