One of the bittersweet experiences of being connected together occurs when love leads us to feel and carry one another’s pain. Many in our church family recently tasted this when a little boy named Graham went home to be with the Lord. I cannot fathom a deeper pain....

My Experience Growing up in California, my earliest memories of elementary school buddies include Sean Taylor. Sean was funny, smart, athletic...and African American. That just didn’t matter. Like two kids playing catch as warplanes fly overhead, neither of us was...

This January marks the 45th anniversary of the infamous Roe V. Wade decision by the Supreme Court to legalize abortion in the United States. During these 45 years, nearly 60 million little lives have been taken under the protection of this law*. As a Christian seeking...

I am aware that some will not finish reading what I am about to write. Some will dismiss it due to length; others by the sadness or personal regret it evokes. Some who are tired of the cultural debate may set it aside as one more voice on an already crowded stage....

It should catch our attention that less than two full chapters into the Bible, God includes a remarkable and perhaps frightening declaration, “It is not good for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). This declaration comes in stark contrast to every other declaration...

I remember the first time I shared with a stranger about a big secret in my life. I was young, in college, and worked part-time at a bookstore. A customer approached me one day and asked if I knew of a book that could help her with depression. Much to my own surprise,...

Marriage is a gift that God graciously gives to His people. Here we want to consider two truths about marriage and two ways we can celebrate the gift of marriage in our confused world today. Marriage is rooted in a complementarian understanding of gender. God designed...