Marriage with a Mission (excerpted from A New Way to Be Church by Jack Jezreel and revised) As I have imagined and engaged the possibilities…
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Spirituality and the 4th of July: An Unlikely Duet in Five Parts
Part One The most plainspoken way of defining spirituality is simply: what we pay attention to. Spirituality is what we pay attention to, with our…
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The Future of Fathering
In the 1982 film, Gandhi, a Hindu man approaches Gandhi as he is fasting for an end to the violence between Muslims and Hindus. The…
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What Do I Tell My Children?
What do I tell my children about who we are, as a nation? Over the last month, we finalized the third (and last) program in…
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Being a Bold Witness
Ascension Day is this Thursday, and its corresponding text relays Jesus’ final words to his disciples: And he said to them, “Thus it is written,…
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Honoring Mothers from a Distance
How does one honor their mother/mother figures in this time? How do we share our presence from a safe distance? As I think about how…
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Tending to our Planet: Surviving and Thriving
Earth Day is April 22nd this year. While the world’s human population continues to navigate a deadly pandemic, the rest of the earth doesn’t care…
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Easter Reflections on Death
One of the strengths of our faith tradition, reflected in our Gospel literature, is that it does not flinch at the mention of death, the…
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6 tips for COVID-19 Spiritual and Emotional Preparedness
Hi friends, It’s Kristin here, JustFaith Ministries Director of Programs. First, I’m sending a virtual, germ-free hug to each of you in the midst of…
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The Land of the Living
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. – Psalm 27:13 (NIV) Several years…