Tools for Monday: What is your ultimate value center??
From where or from whom do you derive your value? In other words, if you could envision your life revolving around a center, then who or...
Tools for Monday: The Abiding Relevance of Christ
Will Christianity survive? Is it any longer relevant? Most people in the West have major doubts. The most recent survey conducted by the...
Tools for Monday: Living in the Tension
Pastor James recently wrote the following reflection on a book by renowned Christian ethicist, T.B. Maston. The book is called Why Live...
Tools for Monday: When Outlaw Country Music meets Worship
**The following article is a reflection from Pastor James on Psalm 58. It is one of the “imprecatory psalms.” Imprecatory...
Tools for Monday: Confronting Crises through Prayer
If you are anxious about current events, you’re not alone. Former Defense Secretary, Bob Gates, recently announced that the United...
Tools for Monday: A Thoughtful Article about Church Attendance
I recently came across a thought-provoking article in Christianity Today by Matthew Bates. In the article, Bates tackles the now...
Tools for Monday: The Radicalism of Jesus and Real-World War
You’ve likely heard by now of the horrific violence and carnage in Israel. The escalation of war in the Middle East makes one shudder to...
Tools for Monday: Still Trying to Earn Your Keep?
The enormity of God’s gift of grace can still perplex even grizzled veterans of Christianity. How can it be that Jesus’ death and...
Tools for Monday: God’s Runway Lights
Pastor James wrote the following article for the “Lectionary to Life” series, a daily Bible reflection of the Center for...