What is God doing?
Faith in Action

What is God doing?

Focal verse I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the…
Embrace new life
Faith in Action

Embrace new life

There’s a reason why we in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate Easter during spring. It’s a time when the sun shines more, temperatures grow warmer, ice thaws, animals come out of…
Five thoughts on faithful parenting during the coronavirus pandemic
Faith in Action

Five thoughts on faithful parenting during the coronavirus pandemic

Things have changed. For many of us, this feels as if it happened overnight. For my family, the change took two days to sink in. That the school bus wasn’t…
All land is holy
Faith in Action

All land is holy

Our family lives in the Holy Land, where political tensions dominate the news. This is a place where the land reigns supreme in debates over who belongs and who doesn’t….
God’s love is with us — amid great challenges
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God’s love is with us — amid great challenges

Editor’s note: Welcome to a special edition of our new web column “Faith & family: Growing together,” which complements our “Faith & family” department. Focal verse Be still before the…
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Lost and found

Editor’s note: Welcome to our new web column, “Faith & family: Growing together,” which complements our “Faith & family” department. Join Kimberly Knowle-Zeller each month as she explores different stages…
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Who is God?

“Mommy, who is God?”  My son’s words stopped me mid-step in his darkened bedroom, halfway between the freedom of me time and parental obligation. I crouched alongside his bed, rubbed…
A blessing for the new year and each day
Faith in Action

A blessing for the new year and each day

Recently, it was my son’s baptismal anniversary. As a pastor, you may expect that we light the baptismal candle every year and make a big deal of marking this occasion….
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Joy in gratitude

With half-eaten bowls of oatmeal on the table, my children jump off their chairs and run to the living room. “Music on?” my son asks, smiling. With arms lifted in…
Worship with our 2-year-old
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Worship with our 2-year-old

As any parent of a 2-year-old can tell you, they can be unpredictable, squirmy, loud, messy and make even the thickest-skinned parents embarrassed to sit in worship. So how does…
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Stillness and appreciation

I often find myself longing for life to be simpler, especially after our family has had a chance to get away for a bit. Being away from the usual chores…