WESLEY ARNING

The point was not how good of an orator Paul, or Apollos or Peter was—it was all about the One they were preaching about. In their haste to

We mustn’t be lured into thinking that ministry is flashy or even noteworthy to anyone but God. Tabitha’s faithfulness to the poor is a

The cross alone is not special. It is God on the cross that makes the cross significant.

When Isaiah talks about God’s light, and when Jesus says he is this “promised light,” there is this sense of hope because both Isaiah and

They aren’t delusional or disconnected from the stark realities of their country, but because of Jesus and his work on the cross, they are

It should be no surprise to us, the members of his mystical body, that diversity is not an issue or roadblock to be incorporated into the

The Magi are not outliers in this story, they didn’t just stumble into this scene haphazardly, but they are the first indication in this

Power and authority are rightly with the true king, and quite shockingly he then hands some of that power and authority back to us.

The comfort and security of wealth and possessions will lead you to forget that you were once slaves—that at one time you had no land...

Our passage from Numbers shows a very human portrait of Israel’s great leader. Moses is at his breaking point. The weight of leadership

As Christians, we are on a lifelong journey. Our faith is not an art-museum-kind-of-faith, we aren’t spiritual tourists who go from one guru

But instead of getting frustrated with the crowds, telling them to leave him alone, our text says that when he looked at them, he couldn’t

With all these verbs associated with God we learn that first and foremost we should be looking for how God is acting—how he is making known

The motivating force behind their action is faith. They are moved to act because they have faith that Jesus can make them well. Another way

What is so stunning is that though this piece is describing the complexities of the universe, the answer is quite simple. We are not God.

His call to us goes out again and again, though quietly and most of the time it’s quite subtle. But all of faith is wrapped us in God’s

Rather than trying to dissect and unravel the inner workings of the Trinity, we are invited into the sacred life and mystery of the Father,

Pentecost is a great reminder we cannot do this alone. We need the Holy Spirit to revive us, to fill us to the brim, and transform us just a

I don’t know about you, but when I read this story my heart breaks for Joseph, the other guy. We can’t help but root for the underdog.

Though Jesus is the vine, the chosen One of Israel, we are not cast out of the vineyard as weeds—rather we are branches who are given life a