When our formulas fail, or when God's answer to our pleas for relief is "not right now" or "not in the way you hoped," we can be confident these are gifts that will ultimately show God’s power being perfected in our weakness.

God made creation beautiful for his own glory and so he can delight in it. Creation’s goodness and wonder testify to God’s infinitely greater majesty.

For man, contentment is found in appreciating the simple pleasures of a life sustained by a God who grants daily provision and who has given us some sense that there is more going on than what we can perceive.

We love like Jesus when we enter into the hard, mundane, or lowly tasks of the life of a suffering loved one.

That is the work we are doing on every page, learning how to build bridges between who we were and who we are becoming, between what we’ve survived and what we still long to heal.

Starting September 28, six pastors and leaders whose voices have shaped how we think about ministry will each lead a session built around one facet of pastoral life.

Christian victory does not come by the sword. It does not come by angry shouting or indiscriminate violence. Christian victory comes by the cross.

As the church, we remind each other of our need for grace, the countercultural act of love, and our sure hope in the gospel.

Something surfaced in dozens of conversations. It's become the reason for what's coming.

Let’s be people who invite others to see God — through Scripture, story, prayer, and beauty — until the eyes of our hearts are so accustomed to his light that we begin, slowly and surely, to see everything else by it.

When confronting the myriad political and social debates we constantly face, we must remember that the kingdom in which our primary citizenship lies is not of this world.

That God loves you personally becomes easier to believe once you know His love extends personally to the deniers and the chief of sinners. If He personally loved them, He can (and does) personally love you!