It’s that time of year again. Christmas decorations sparkle along main streets, store windows, and front yards. The wreaths are out,...

Today is known as Christ the King Sunday, when the church gives thanks and praise for the sovereignty of Christ, who is Lord of all...

Advent starts in 2 weeks, a time when we focus on the arrival of Christ: first remembering that Christ promised to return and then...

Historically the widow has been lifted up as a woman of great faith and stewardship whom we should emulate: the one who may give little,...

All of us have had saints come through our lives: men and women who helped us grow in our walk with Christ. A youth director, or Bible...

This spring, I decided to start over with my hydroponic AeroGarden and grow cilantro and dill. I bought new pods without seeds in them...

In middle school and high school, I helped with the music during various Vacation Bible Schools. One summer I helped teach a song that...

I have a black thumb. I can fit gardening successes on one hand: I grew little cucamelons one summer, and I managed to grow herbs in a...

During major election years, Resurrection Church does a campaign that works “to close the kindness gap in Kansas City.” This is the...

The church in Corinth was full of division and schisms. Many in the church were poor: some were slaves and some were former slaves who...

This morning, we’re talking about humility, so I’d like to read from that introduction to this morning’s theme that I read at the...

There’s a window in the Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. It’s called the resurrection window, and it connects three...

Be kind to each other. It seems really simplistic; naive, even. Jesus says our reward will be great if we “love [our] enemies, do good,...

Today is Trinity Sunday, the day many churches like to lift up the Trinity, that confusing three-in-one concept about God as...

God has given us eternal life. Typically, we interpret this to mean heaven: life everlasting after we die; Peter and the pearly gates....

For many years now, there have been religious wars raging. I’m not talking Christianity versus Islam, or some kind of “War on God”. I’m...

What is it about fear in today’s world? Fear seems to drive so much. Companies advertise by playing to basic fears. Politicians use fear...

John 3:16 is a favorite verse for many, summing up our theology as we proclaim with Christ: “For God so loved the world that he gave his...

“See what kind of love the Father has given to us in that we should be called God’s children, and that is what we are.” I often mention...

We usually hear about dear Thomas on this Sunday. And as wonderful as that story is, I’d like to focus on the other New Testament lesson...