United in Spirit
Sometimes, we have to laugh (or grimace) at our frailty. We come to church to learn about love and on the way home criticize someone. We...
Wonder
In an outpouring of joy and praise, Mary, the expectant mother of the long- promised Messiah, communicates her amazement and awe in words...
Will You Forget Me Forever?
Prayers sometimes seem to go unanswered. We may cry out to the Lord like like King David in his ancient song: “Will you forget me...
A New Beginning
Life in the Spirit begins, Jesus said, when we are “born of water and the Spirit” (John 3:5-8). What a bewildering statement, but the...
I Will Pour Out My Spirit
In the prophets and heroes of the Old Testament, we encounter the work of the Holy Spirit in surprising breadth and power. In Jesus, we...
Panorama
In the lives of Old Testament prophets and heroes, we encounter the work of the Holy Spirit in tantalizing bits and pieces. In Jesus, we...
Wind
The Holy Spirit, like the wind, is impossible to see but evident in the visible effects (John 3:8). Anyone who is unfamiliar with—or...
Hard Questions
A flourishing church in southern Lancaster County (Pa.) hit a rough patch. In quick succession, the church lost three pastors, each time...
Checkpoints
In 1953 anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar proposed a simple checklist to measure the health of newborns. This checklist has dramatically...
Backwards
In a variation from planning ahead, some advocate “backward planning.” This involves identifying an ultimate goal, and then working...
A Time to Heal
The Preacher in Ecclesiastes wrote: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: . . . [such as] a time...
Stand
Christians must be prepared for conflict. With this sobering assertion, Watchman Nee begins the final segment of his book Sit, Walk,...
Walk
After exploring the word “sit" in the opening chapters of Ephesians, Watchman Nee in his small classic Sit, Walk, Stand, looks at the...
Sit
Watchman Nee, a dynamic indigenous leader and teacher of the house church movement in China in the early 20th century, summarized the...
Manhood
Sociologists describe a “guy code” in North America. According to their observations, the dominant cultural image of men is: stoic, not...
