Short Reads

Good things happen when we balance our condemnation of sin with the Christian graces of mercy, love and hope. The sternness of “no” cries out for an offsetting “yes.” …… Read more »

The contemporary style, you know, is simply I’ve paid my money, bought my ticket, and now I get to sound off about everything that’s wrong…. … Read more »

When we segregate people according to age or marital status, we miss the true meaning of church….… Read more »

Christmas is a Baby in a manger. But Christmas is also God reaching out to a hostile world….… Read more »

Who was the most recent person to malign you? Make you look bad (or stupid)? Denigrate you (to your face, or behind your back)? Take advantage of you? Even rip you off?

For some of us, a name and a … Read more »

Throughout the ages, it has been the task of older and wiser heads to encourage the young, to hold them steady in moments of anxiety, to affirm their talents and to bolster their shaky knees….… Read more »

Major changes are happening in the way modern families eat, not all of them for the good.… Read more »

An odd but teachable moment in a nine-year-old boy’s life….… Read more »

From barroom ballads to German jigs, hymn writers have taken sacred lyrics and matched them to the music of their day….… Read more »

If I refuse to deal with regret, I can go no further as a Christian….… Read more »