Exploring Faith
Discover the beauty and wisdom of the Bible through our articles. Explore its teachings, gain insight, and deepen your understanding of Scripture.
You’re Keeping Someone Alive and Losing Yourself in the Process
The math that never balances. Every evening around eight-forty, the pharmacy near my house fills with the same…
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When You Settle for the Gift Instead of Asking for What Makes It Useful
The gift that couldn't grow anything. Last spring a woman in my Wednesday group mentioned she had inherited…
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God Took the Side of the Man Who Yelled
There is a kind of silence that settles over a house after the last visitor leaves. The casseroles…
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The Question Your Generation Is Asking That Your Parents’ Never Did
The container was never the point. Last fall a woman at church handed me a small ceramic urn…
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The Longest Silence in the Bible Was Broken by a Whisper
Four hundred years of silence ended with a sound so small the world almost missed it. Somewhere around…
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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
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 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
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?
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
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
Some prayers were never meant to be safe. Last winter a man in my office said something I…
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