I’ve got to push everything out of mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for as long as fifteen minutes, until I find my soul suspended in what the ancient Celtic Christians called a “thin place”–a state where the boundary between heaven and earth, divine and human, dissolves. You could say that I use the name of Jesus as my koan.

Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

Jesus is the only Savior, but not everybody who is saved by Him is aware that He is the one who is doing the saving.

As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.

In baptism, new Christians become part of a body of fellow believers who are called to spiritually encourage one another and hold one another responsible for consistent Christian living.

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

If we were to set out to establish a religion in polar opposition to the Beatitudes Jesus taught, it would look strikingly similar to the pop Christianity that has taken over the airwaves of North America.