What makes a person’s actions good or evil? When we are young, adults would say we are good when we follow the rules and color within the lines. But as we get older, we learn that there are people who follow the rules but whose actions are mean and selfish and ugly. Jesus commented on this. When it came to the Sabbath laws, for example, he put the needs of the people above the rules of the Sabbath (Mark 6:1-11). And to the rich young man who claimed to obey all of the Ten

Faith and politics is a pretty hot topic right now. You’ve got some Christians who think the church should basically be running the government, and others who don't want a single word about politics spoken from the pulpit. So, where does that leave the rest of us? The most famous Bible passage on this is in Matthew, where Jesus is asked if it’s right to pay taxes to the Empire. His answer? "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

AI is everywhere these days. People are even making friends with chatbots, which really shows how lonely our world can be right now. The other day, I heard a radio station play their normal station name and call sign, but then they added a new tag line: “Guaranteed Human.” That got me thinking: church is guaranteed human, too. We gather as real people, bringing all our mess, struggles, and hurts along with us. Sure, being genuine with each other isn't always easy. But we stil

Groucho Marx once quipped to a priest, "I want to thank you for all the joy you've taken out of this world." Is there joy and anticipation when you think about church? The Psalmist thought so as the group of pilgrims was approaching the temple in Jerusalem. 1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” (Psalm 122) Apparently the church in Rome had the purist Christians who tried to do everything right and tried to get everyone else to do everything