Biblical literacy and Bible study aren’t where they need to be. You can turn it around. The results are not encouraging for church leaders: Only about two-thirds of… read more

When I was in college, just entering the first stages of a faith crisis, I worked part time as a nanny for a widowed professor of church history who taught at the school I… read more

It is an exciting thing to experience with your Sunday school class the awe and mystery of God. We have gotten quite good in our classes teaching facts. We are quite good at… read more

Think about it. Is your life ever like this? The winds of demands—programs to plan, to-do lists to complete, phone calls to make, e-mails to delete, and people to… read more

The word practice means several things. In the religious sense, it means to follow or observe habitually or customarily. In the military or athletic sense it means to train or… read more

What does it mean to give and receive welcome? What can we learn from it? Why is it risky? read more