Faith • Biblical Reflections Bad Accounting, An Eccentric Boss, Complaining Employees, and the Kingdom of God Rev. Matt Lietzen | 14 min read Jesus’ parables are stories Jesus told, stories each with a particular purpose – not disconnected moral fables about how to be better people but rather stories to immerse us in... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Fiery Snakes, Earthquakes, and Talking Donkeys Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 15 min read Numbers, the fourth book of the Bible, is undoubtedly the great book with the terrible marketing plan. The Greek title is arithmoi, the Latin numeri, and hence the English “Numbers,”... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Bashing Babies on Boulders? Making Sense of Psalm 137 Rev. Joe Palekas | 11 min read Where were you on May 2, 2011? I was at an Usher concert with a few friends. It was a great concert, and I enjoyed hearing Usher perform several hits... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture An Inspector Calls: Agatha Christie Meets the Twilight Zone Heidi Wong | 9 min read One of the newest streaming services, Britbox, recently served up An Inspector Calls, the seminal work of English playwright, J.B. Priestley. Being fond of many BBC features, I decided to... Continue Reading
Vocation • On Daily Work Why Work? Hugh Whelchel | 9 min read According to the Wall Street Journal: “The COVID economic shock has unleashed unprecedented creative destruction, sharply accelerating the transformation that we once quaintly called the “future of work.”[i]Others suggest that... Continue Reading
Culture • Current Conversations There Is No Bible Without Migrants Rev. Dr. Casey A. Strine | 10 min read Haitians at the southern border. Afghan resettlement. Mexican families. Caravans from Central America. Syrian refugees. Governors as far north as Alaska demanding meetings to address the ‘unenforced borders’ of America.... Continue Reading
