#killyourwifi Just this week my husband invited a couple of guys over to eat and hang out. We were all standing around the kitchen island polishing off some smoked gouda and barbecued sausages, while the conversation drifted over to the Ten Commandments. Now, keep in mind, there were three pastors and one pastor’s wife. We…
A Vision for Reconciliation
Truth can be told in an instant, forgiveness can be offered spontaneously, but reconciliation is the work of lifetimes and generations. ~ Krista Tippett in Speaking of Faith On a recent visit to Rwanda, I was speaking to a man who was an advisor to the Rwandan government and a Christian leader before and after…
A Surprising Song
What is the deal about all the singing in church? Can we talk about that for a moment? I don’t know about you, but I didn’t expect to be joining the local congregational choir when I signed up to follow Jesus. After attending church for some time, I was still confused. “I get the value…
More Than Enough
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~ Mother Teresa Do you remember the last time you were hungry? I’m talking really, really hungry. Your stomach empty. Your innards growling. Or, as a friend used to say, “It feels like my stomach is eating itself.” It’s an…
Not Just Survival! Revival!
How To Experience Perpetual, Personal Revival On a recent visit to New York City, I paused at the 9/11 Memorial, which is at the end of Fulton Street. Then I began walking down Fulton Street itself, which runs crosswise across lower Manhattan. I was looking for a monument, memorial, or historical plaque to indicate how…
Saved in a Jail Cell
Editor’s note: Casey Diaz was a violent gangbanger whose crimes had caught up to him landing not only in jail but in solitary confinement. Today, Casey can’t stop sharing his story of how God saw him, knew him, and never forgot him… even in a lonely prison cell. Today’s excerpt is from his new book, The…
Why the Coming Antichrist Matters to You… Right Now
In the closing scene of the movie Castaway, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is parked at a lonely intersection in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. With miles of flat, barren land in every direction, Noland pulls out his paper map and begins considering his options, when, out of the blue, an attractive woman pulls up in…
The Theology of Wholeness
The Theology of Wholeness My introduction to everything I’ve learned about the God of wholeness happened in church. I was nine years old when my mother first took me there, primarily to expose me to faith, spirituality, and the tenets of good character. She was raising me by herself in a neighborhood where drugs, gangs,…
This is Love – He Did This Just for You
Editor’s note: Today is Valentine’s Day! What a day to focus on God’s love for us through His son, Jesus! * Oh, the things we do to give gifts to those we love. But we don’t mind, do we? We would do it all again. Fact is, we do it all again. Every Christmas, every…
Loving Those Who Hate
Dear Jesus, Sometimes it’s really hard to love people, particularly when You ask me to love those who hate You and do evil things. Please show me. How can I hate evil and still love the haters? Isn’t that what Paul did when he was in prison? In the worst of circumstances, he hated evil…