Category Archives: Discipleship

We can easily forget that the Bible’s stories involve real people in real places at a real time in history. On Sunday, we celebrate yet another one of those: Pentecost….

“Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he…

And [the thief] said, “Jesus, remember me, Lord, when you come into your kingdom.” And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will exist with me…

The historian Tom Holland begins his magisterial work Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World with the remarkable note that Rome’s first heated swimming pool was “raised on the…

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew…