Exploring Faith

Discover the beauty and wisdom of the Bible through our articles. Explore its teachings, gain insight, and deepen your understanding of Scripture.

When You Know Exactly What You Need to Say and Can’t Start

When You Know Exactly What You Need to Say and Can’t Start

Some truths have to arrive sideways before they can land. There is a draft folder on your phone…

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Refusing to Forgive Yourself Is Overruling God

Refusing to Forgive Yourself Is Overruling God

The court has spoken. You are the only one still arguing for conviction. Try this as a thought…

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Every “Too Late” Story in the Bible Ends the Same Way

Every “Too Late” Story in the Bible Ends the Same Way

Every deadline you've given God is one you invented yourself. Last Sunday a man stood in the parking…

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When You Realize No One Alive Remembers You as a Child

When You Realize No One Alive Remembers You as a Child

Some grief arrives without permission and without logic. Someone hands you the plastic bag at the hospital. It…

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What Did the Father Do Between the Leaving and the Return?

What Did the Father Do Between the Leaving and the Return?

The longest days of faith happen when the person you love most has made themselves unreachable. There is…

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Friendship Grief Has No Funeral and No Casserole

Friendship Grief Has No Funeral and No Casserole

Some people leave your life without a sound, and the quiet never quite explains itself. Scrolling through your…

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The Bible’s Most Dangerous Prayer Made It Past Every Editor

The Bible’s Most Dangerous Prayer Made It Past Every Editor

Some prayers were never meant to be safe. Last winter a man in my office said something I…

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Who Were the Nephilim, and Why Does the Bible Never Explain?

Who Were the Nephilim, and Why Does the Bible Never Explain?

Four verses that three thousand years of scholarship still cannot explain. There is a paragraph in your Bible…

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What Do You Call the Version of Yourself That Made It Through?

What Do You Call the Version of Yourself That Made It Through?

Some things survive because they were always the truest part of you. Last fall a woman at a…

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Abraham Was 75. Moses Was 80. Your Best Years Aren’t Behind You

Abraham Was 75. Moses Was 80. Your Best Years Aren’t Behind You

The Bible keeps handing its biggest assignments to people the world has already counted out. The birthday cards…

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Why Would Jesus Weep at a Funeral He Was About to Reverse?

Why Would Jesus Weep at a Funeral He Was About to Reverse?

The tears that already knew the ending. My mother cried at every single one of my graduations. Kindergarten,…

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When the Phone Stops Ringing

When the Phone Stops Ringing

The casseroles stop before the grief does. There were nine dishes in her refrigerator the week after the…

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