Holy Week: The Silence of Saturday
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and culminates in the greatest celebration of all: Easter Sunday. Many celebrate Maundy Thursday by partaking in a Seder meal. Some churches offer special Thursday services which include feet washing-representing Jesus' last night and...
Giveaway: Free Bible Study DVD Sampler with Margaret Feinberg
We want to introduce you to several DVD Bible studies that small groups, Bible studies, Sunday school classes, book clubs, and other groups around the country have been using to grow in their faith, knowledge of the Bible, and love of God. Wonderstruck 7-Session DVD...
The Beauty Before the Betrayal
A friend told me about the party. I couldn't wait. The invitation arrived in my inbox via evite. If you've never received one, an evite is an invitation sent through email with one difference: you can see the guest list. As I scoured those invited, I felt my stomach...
Discovering the Verbs of God
A while back, I decided to go on a scriptural journey to discover God like I had never known Him before. I purchased a notebook, and went through the entire New Testament and key books of the Old Testament writing down every verse that revealed something about...
Giving Up Contempt for Lent: The Power of The Cross
I have tried (all too often unsuccessfully) to give up contempt for Lent. The journey over the last month and a half has revealed just how much contempt I have in my life-sometimes toward the oddest things and situations, ranging from my bank to people who don't take...
The Beauty Beneath the Grime
For those of you traveling with me through the Gospel of John for Lent, John 13 paints a beautiful picture of Jesus kneeling to wash his disciples' feet. In those days, NikeFrees and Vibrams and Tevas weren't on the shelves. The soles of Israeli sandals were sometimes...
7 Fun (but Harmless) Pranks for April Fools
With April 1st right around the corner, you may want to start plotting your practical jokes. Some of you have been setting aside color coordinated file folders for months, prepping for this very day. For others, you may try a practical joke or two if the idea suits...
Giving Up Contempt for Lent: The Clock Ticks Down
After weeks of giving up contempt for Lent, I realize just how much more I've become aware of the presence of contempt in my life as well as the many ways it expresses or shows itself-sarcasm, biting comments, darker humor. I also find myself catching...
Feeling the Crave by @SamanthaKrieger
Samantha Krieger is a writer and editor in Dallas, TX. Samantha and her husband, Jeremiah, have two children: John (3), Rebekah (1), and her third child will be arriving late June. She blogs weekly at: samanthakrieger.com and tweets at: @samanthakrieger. "Like newborn...
The Beauty of a Shattered Jar
As I was driving the other day, a worship song I loved started playing over the radio. I turned up the volume and sang my heart out, even swaying to the beat and waving my arms during stoplights. But then, I had this uncanny feeling somebody was watching me. I twisted...
