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...

It’s early in the morning. The sun has only just risen and the three women have gone to the tomb to do their part in giving Jesus a...

And so we come to the prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane that we heard in the first week of Lent. As the disciples nod off, Jesus will go...

Hosanna! With all of the songs that proclaim Hosanna, I never really got a “save us” vibe. They all seemed upbeat and parade-like:...

What is a labyrinth? It is a path for prayer that leads from yearning towards joy, meaning, hope, and peace. While it can be used for...

There’s a joke I’ve heard a few times recently. I’ll ask someone how they are, and they’ll respond, “Can’t complain. And nobody would...

Five hundred years ago Ignatius Loyola encouraged prayer-filled mindfulness by proposing what has been called the Daily Examen. The...

There’s so much going on in the world today: grief as many lose those they love, far too many to cancer. Election season and all that...