Reflections on Teaching the Scriptures   “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you … Read More

Neil likes to say that for many people, their living and dining rooms are designed solely for when the president stops by unexpectedly for dinner. Our western notion of hospitality is drawn more from gourmet … Read More

Is everyone out there brimming with confidence, or, like me, do you find the following exhortations of Paul hard to imagine saying to another disciple yourself?        I urge you to imitate me. (1 … Read More

Risking Obedience The ‘OH-NO!’ Principle For parents, and anyone who disciples others: What’s one, sure-fire thing you can do to help root the faith in those you are leading . . . to protect them … Read More

As a frequent retreat speaker, I often find the conversations that follow a gathering to be the most fruitful. This month I’m taking a break from the Fine Fire topic to share a bit of … Read More

The picture of Jesus surrounded by children is in all our Sunday school books. It’s a tableau so familiar and so tame. Yet somehow in its tenderness, we have lost the sense of what a … Read More

You think you’ve learned something. You think you know something . . . only to discover that you’ll be schooled in the same truth, over and over, all your life. Our lessons in praying scary … Read More