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Misfit Convention
By Mark Atteberry The world has little patience for a misfit. Show up at a swanky country club in jeans and flip-flops and you won’t be allowed to play. Let your grass grow too tall or park a junk car...
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In Remembrance of Me
By Becky Ahlberg Do you remember your first Communion? The first time you held the bread and cup and accepted the invitation to this table offered by the Lord himself upon your baptism and commitment...
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Forgotten Heroes
By Mark Atteberry Philo T. Farnsworth. You should know who he is. You don’t, but you should. He made a gigantic contribution to mankind, one that most people experience every single day, often for...
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Reaffirming Our ‘Yes’
By Mark Atteberry Some of Jesus’ parables are epic in scope, like one about the prodigal son. Others are quite short, like this one about a farmer and his two sons: “There was a man who had two sons....
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The Unexpected Place Setting
By Randy Gariss It must have seemed an odd table. David was king of Israel, and when he sat down to eat he had his family and his sons. As king, he naturally would have included some friends and...
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A Picture of the Future
By Randy Gariss A sage wryly commented, “All predictions are difficult to make, but especially those about the future.” He is right, of course, but can you imagine the empowerment if we were able to...
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Communion with You
By Randy Gariss If the idea of a one-person wedding seems bizarre, so too does the idea of personal Communion. There are many things in the Christian life you can do on your own. You can study, pray,...
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What It Means to ‘Examine’
By Randy Gariss The Lord’s Supper is about celebration. After all, the meal points to the love of Christ, forgiveness of sins, the coming of the kingdom, and other wonderful repercussions of the cross....
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The Heart of Reunion
By Rick Chromey Everybody loves a reunion. And there’s no better place to observe a good reunion than outside airport security, as various groups congregate and wait for loved ones to arrive. During...
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Kidnapped by the Taliban
By Ron Davis Many Americans were introduced to one of the stories of the Afghanistan war when they saw the 2014 CBS interview of Dr. Dilip Joseph regarding his experience and the book he had just...
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Written in Blood
By Rick Chromey January 26, 2005, was to be a typical day for 44-year-old John Phipps and millions of other Los Angeles workers. When the father of three boarded his morning train he couldn’t possibly...
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Let Us Celebrate
By Rick Chromey Every culture has holidays, but few sanctify more special days than Americans. Perhaps it’s because we embrace our past as good and godly. Perhaps it’s because we hunger for any reason...
View ArticleSlowly Savored
By Rick Chromey From mainstream Starbucks and neighborhood bistros, the local coffee cup has evolved into a symbol of connection, companionship, and community. The coffee experience is about family and...
View ArticleHoles Are Fascinating
By Rick Chromey Holes come in all shapes and sizes, from pinpricks in paper to massive holes in the ozone. There are knotholes, peepholes, and sinkholes. If there’s a hole in your story, you’re not...
View ArticleTurning Point
By Ronald G. Davis Turning points sometimes come in a roar. Turning points sometimes come in a whisper. In modern history the roar was heard in the deathly din of D-Day. And the course of modern human...
View ArticleMan of Sorrows
By Jackina Stark She stood at a fourth-floor window overlooking the city of Phnom Pehn. She had spent a week in Battambang, Cambodia, at Rapha House, working with those who minister to the girls...
View ArticleAt Eye Level
By Ronald G. Davis A few years ago, a well-known preacher’s morning sermon was titled “God at Eye Level.” That’s a provocative title, isn’t it? In that Jerusalem upper room long ago and at this table...
View ArticleThe Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life for His Sheep
By Ronald G. Davis John, in his Gospel, borrows the beautiful image of God that permeates the Scriptures: God is our shepherd. And that image may be the most common symbolic image reproduced through...
View ArticleA Vision of Otherness
By Jackina Stark I once had a vision. It was not as glorious as Isaiah’s—I can’t imagine one more glorious than that—but for me, what I saw one morning during a worship service was profoundly...
View ArticleWhen I Come to the Cross – Images of Sorrow and Joy
By Jackina Stark Scholars have suggested two details about the cross that I have found intriguing. One has to do with where the cross might have been placed. Some suggest it was not erected at the top...
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