

Cherish God
“If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above” (Colossians 3:1). Pascha takes far more work than Lent. Yes, it is tough...


Resurrection Life: Stop and Delight
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen”
(Matthew 28:6). Christ is...


Plunge into Death and Resurrection
Life is a preparation for death. Palm Sunday is a day of celebration, yet a celebration cast under the shadow of Golgotha. We pick up our...


Rediscovering Sabbath: Our Need to Unplug
“They picked up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple” (John 8:59). The Information Age is over. Some...


Addicted to Hurry
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?” If the devil cannot make you sin,...


Push Back Against Culture
“The Amish are not…against modern technology. We have simply chosen not to be controlled by it” (Amishman David Kline). Western...


One Objective: Humility
Why should you go to church on Sunday? Imagine, for one moment, that your chief objective, your highest motivation Sunday morning, is to...


Death to Self: Christianity Without Asceticism Is Not Christianity
“Strip me of the consolations of my complacent spirituality. Plunge me into the darkness where I cannot rely on any of my old tricks…Take...


Push Back Against the World
“I suppose that our whole present life, looked back on from [eternity], will seem only a drowsy half-waking. We are here in the land of...


Tyranny of Distractions
Three brothers aspired to serve God. The first wanted to be a peacemaker, the second, to feed the poor, and the third, to go to the...

