A Change of Plans
You said you would do it forever—and you meant it. Then the job vanished, and suddenly an honest promise looked like a lie. In 2 Corinthians 1, Paul’s critics pressed the same charge over travel plans that fell through: if his word couldn’t be trusted, why trust anything he said about the Gospel? When circumstances overturn the best intentions, where does trust rest?
From Fumbler to Shepherd
If you have ever put your foot in your mouth, chased recognition, or failed when courage mattered, you may wonder whether God can still entrust you with meaningful work. In 1 Peter 5:1–5, the apostle once notorious for fumbling addresses the care of God’s people—and the ambition, reluctance, and pride that can distort it.
This Week at Little Hills - Numbers
This Week at Little Hills returns as Merlene takes us to the book of Numbers and helps us to think about how we relate to the people in the story.
From Eden to Eternity: A Kingdom in Ruins
You test every foothold climbing a high cliff, then treat the wet stones in the river as if they could never give way. First and Second Kings answers why a people God rescued ended in exile—the land lost, the temple burned—not through one spectacular leap, but along a path of small, everyday compromises measured “in the eyes of the Lord.”
Jesus Has a Prayer Request
A prayer request can sound like one more sentence in a hurried conversation, but it is often a burden someone can no longer carry alone. In Matthew 9:38, Jesus places His own burden before His disciples: a plentiful harvest, too few laborers, and a call to pray that may move those who have only watched into the work.
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“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,”
Episode 49: We Report, Jason Cries
The Boys are back — one standing, one sitting — both trying to make sense of Cardinals chaos, Blues heartbreak and the first hundred days of Trump 2.0. Plus: speculation on the next album from Taylor Swift and a meditation on the mystery of Jesus’ two natures.
Ecclesiology, Doctrine, Ecumenism: A Few Difficult Questions
I am provoked by an internet presence that goes by “Redeemed Zoomer,” presumably a 20-something young man holding theologically conservative views, and similar views on Christian ethics, who is Reformed.
Oremus
When one of my sisters phoned the other day, we got to talking about the church in which we grew up.
We were raised high-church Episcopalian. When you went to church there was no other place it could possibly be and nothing but worship could have possibly been going on. As the priest consecrated the body and blood for communion, he — yes, he — faced the altar and crucifix. We received communion on the tongue while we knelt at the communion rail. The lay readers — those who read the Epistle at each service — were enrobed, as were we acolytes.
Don’t Be Evil Won’t Avoid Evil
“Don’t Be Evil.” If you’ve followed the tech industry long enough, you know that used to be Google’s motto. Whatever happened to that Google? We could ask that of our attempts at mere avoidance of evil, too.
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