We each want desperately to matter, to feel a sense of worthiness. We seek to fulfill our need for personal value in the praise and approval of others. This leads to disappointment. Let's…

The landscape of human communities, including churches, is littered with undiscovered, undeveloped or underutilized talent and the ensuing broken hearts, demoralized spirits, and waning communities. However, this is not how God intended.

Jesus outraged his disciples by confiding in them of his imminent death. Far worse, He has managed to scandalize Christians over the last two millennia by associating his crucifixion to a snake on…

The word “generosity” conjures up images such as that of a wealthy man, comfortably sitting behind a large desk, gleefully writing a fat check to a humbled fundraiser.

Jesus has a unique way of disrupting the lives of people – friends and foe alike. These disruptions are necessary, beneficial and bearable. It helps to recall that Christ's life was disrupted far…