Isaiah's song of the vineyard (Isaiah 5:1-7) challenges us to think deeply about whether justice and righteousness in our society have been replaced by violence and the cry of the poor.

I have been thinking a lot lately about the doxology with which the Lord's Prayer ends in Protestant traditions: "...for thine is the...

An excerpt from The Lord's Prayer: Drawing Heaven and Earth Together. My father was a quiet man. Many times he would speak just a few...

Genesis 21:8-21 An excerpt from Second Class Scripture? The story of Abraham and Sarah begins near the end of Gen­esis 11. In the final...

In the winter of 1981, the Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda Territory took a bold leap into the future with the announcement that it...

The prophet Hosea had an urgent message for the people of Israel: the LORD had a bone to pick with Israel. “Swearing, lying, and...

In an address to Catholic university professors in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI stated, "Education is integral to the mission of the Church to...

The adjective "evangelical" to describe my Christian faith has never really fit me well. Like my father's 1970s polyester leisure suit...

One of the best decisions I ever made was to take a course in typing when I was in Grade 9. That was in the days of monster manual...

It finally happened. For a number of years I have had students in my classes who are the children of students I had in class over the...

I have been thinking a lot lately about the doxology with which the Lord's Prayer ends in Protestant traditions. "...for thine is the...

(Genesis 49:28-33; 50:15-20) Jacob was a man who wrestled throughout his life. From the very beginning of his story—even before the...

When I was a graduate student my first serious exposure to John Wesley was in a directed readings course in which I was guided by a...

The prophets of ancient Israel were clear: Israel was called to show generous concern for the most weak and vulnerable within their...

Earlier today I heard U.S. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions cite a passage from Romans 13 to justify the mistreatment of illegal aliens...

Every year near Easter there is a series of stories in the media about whether Jesus actually lived, or whether someone has been able to...