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As I leave a much-beloved job, I’ve been reflecting on some of the lessons I have learned through my years in this unique mission field.

When our pastor prays, he uses the word “Lord” or “Father God” in nearly every sentence, sometimes more. Is it wrong for me to be annoyed by this?

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Despite my critical nature, I’ve still discovered at least a few positive qualities in each church I’ve visited.

What would extraterrestrial intelligence mean for our faith?

So far God’s design for your ear has just created vibrations in a fluid that causes your sensory hair cells to vibrate. More has to happen in order for you to hear.

Shepherds were among the first to domesticate dogs to help them with their work.

The intellectual climate in the West has left all of us assuming a thing is real only when we can see it or touch it.

Experience the beauty and peace God has made for you.

Butterflies lay their eggs on the plants that are the best food for their offspring.

Leaders are typically given way too much credit on both ends of the spectrum. They are either venerated as saints or demonized.

In the same way my daughter tirelessly sets up her toys every day, I go through the motions of being with, feeding, reading to, and playing with my kids.

This moment—a plea for passion and meaning—resonated with all of us.

The hot August sun beat down as I approached the vacant ruins of the old community garden.

We never went back. No explanation was necessary.

I am concerned that by preserving my marriage I am compromising myself and risking my emotional, mental, and physical health.

I dearly love the Reformed doctrine of God’s grace.

Do some methods cause us to multitask too many things? Do some of the things churches do during communion, such playing music, make it hard for us to meditate?

It might seem strange that an Orthodox Jewish rabbi would side with a Christian adoption agency that refused to accommodate a Jewish couple. But I do.

God is at work wherever the Spirit has placed us, and we are sent to remain.

I arrived at my Life Group early and had a few minutes to continue pondering what made small groups so important, and I soon began to realize something.

Skepticism regarding human nature is certainly warranted, and even wise.

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