WESLEY ARNING

Stephen’s life led up to this moment, and he was ready to forgive because he lived a life of forgiveness. He was filled with the Holy Spirit

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

It’s on the journey that Jesus comes and walks beside us. He meets us on the road, where we already are, and when he pleases (and when we...

A group of people who are locked in their home and living in fear and anxiety: does it sound familiar? Are we talking about John 20 or April

He has shown us time and again during this Holy Week that his kingdom is rooted in the boundless love that is shared by the three persons of

It is faithfulness that we are called to. Not making demands or having our own plans and expectations for God, but simply to be faithful.

Crying from the depths, patiently waiting, and experiencing God’s loyal-love: these are all things we need to hear as a church in exile,

I find it amazing when people who have lost everything, act as if they haven’t, in fact, lost everything. Even in the midst of the rubble, t

It’s a time where we call a spade a spade and accept that we are broken and in need of serious mending--that the reason we continue to sin..

For the next forty days, we need to do some soul care. We need to look inside ourselves and find the places that need healing...

Anger, like lust, simply happens, but in both cases, it is allowing it to continue to happen that Jesus challenges. And Jesus knows as well

What is holding us captive today? Do we need to forgive someone, or forgive ourselves? Are we captive to anger or jealous or lust? What do y

What doe it mean for there to be plurality and yet unity in the church? How can we, as a faithful church that is filled with a number of...

Evangelism is not about knowing all the answers, or having the most complicated theological arguments memorized. It’s all about God and his

Though he didn’t need John’s baptism he was baptized to be more like us, and we are now baptized in order to be more like him.

Christmas can’t help but have a cross because the journey that we begin at Christmas will led us to the cross and then on to the tomb.

Heaven was ready, but we were not. The angels came in mighty numbers to welcome their king onto the earth. There was no welcoming party on

Though this is an old story, it is far from being mundane. It is just as powerful and life changing to us as it was

Why is Mary important? Because she is the first of billions of people throughout the ages who have loved Jesus. If for no other reason, that

Repentance is in fact a call to turn, or return to God…and that’s exactly what John the Baptist was doing.