Sometimes it’s just plain hard to believe the Bible. I’m not talking about things like the earth being created in six days or the parting of the Red Sea. I […]
John Claypool called his book on the major Old Testament characters, Glad Reunion.[1] What he meant by that is these heroes from the Old Testament are our spiritual ancestors. In […]
I hate camping. Camping is a thrifty way to vacation. It’s also a huge hassle: the complex packing and unpacking; the loud, drunk people at the adjacent campsite with the […]
Countryside Community Church invites you to the second annual Race, Religion & Social Justice Conference this week, June 7 & 8. Register now at https://www.trifaith.org/rrsj-2023/ for the June 7 keynote […]
We begin a journey today through the marvelously rich stories of the Bible’s first book of stories. Since Muslims, Jews and Christians all lay claim to some of these same […]
My phone buzzed: a short series of texts from the church’s business manager. “There’s a little chimney fire in Pilgrim Hall, I’m sure we can manage.” … “So, the fire […]
When I came home from college Christmas break my freshman year, I was smarter and wiser than when I’d left home three months earlier. It was amazing how much more […]
Forty years earlier, David responded to the death of Saul and Jonathan in a magnificent fashion by howling painfully and poetically unto God about the beauty of them that was […]
Ever notice how we can travel to different cities, states, and even countries, and still gravitate toward the same kind of people that we left back home? Let’s face it, […]
Undoubtedly, the second half of life is different than the first half. Carl Jung, the cartographer of the journey we take in life, mapped this age by contrasting the first […]
