It is the example of Jesus praying that prompts Jesus’ disciples to ask him to teach them to pray. Through this display, we see that God’s generosity precedes the first utterances...

Our text for today begins with a teaching on how to pray, the words of which have become a staple for communities gathered to worship God. The second section contains a...

Having been assured of God’s faithfulness in response to our naming of our acts of unfaithfulness, we are now invited to share our deepest longing for relief, restoration, and redemption to...

When we come face-to-face with our acts of betrayal and unfaithfulness, we would rather deny, justify, and assign blame to someone else. At times, we may also prefer to take responsibility...

Most of us live under the glare of social media. With every post comes a slew of comments, often tinged with negative judgments, mostly of a personal nature. God’s judgment is...

How can we denounce, like the prophet, the greed, exploitation and oppression of the most vulnerable in society? How do we prioritize the call to be peacemakers that Jesus gives us...

God’s grace is a fundamental concept that guides our faith and practice. Grace reminds us that we cannot earn salvation through our works but that grace is a divine and undeserved...

The core of the division we experience in our world is because we fail to recognize our neighbor as a beloved creation of God. The prevailing logic is that of animosity,...

I live in Uruguay, a few kilometers from Brazil, a country where churches occupy a very important place in people’s daily lives. In the last four decades, the number of evangelical...

Many times we read the passage of Mary and Martha as if there is a correct attitude and an incorrect attitude—that Martha is wrong and Mary is right. Indeed, it is...