Resources for this stage of growth
A personal guide to integrating mind, body, spiritual life, and calling in the second half of life through long-term faithfulness, shared ministry, and disciple-making.
Reflections on seven conversations about learning to listen, acknowledge limitations, wait patiently, and equip others to share the mission while holding to faith.
An ancient teaching and biblical reflection on wealth, social responsibility, pastoral ethics, and growth in Christian life.
A Protestant reflection on Halloween's layered history, the communion of saints, the Reformation, and how Christian families can practice biblical discernment without fear or judgment.
Reflections on listening, family relationships, pastoral care, and the biblical wisdom of speaking words that build others up.
Bible questions: distinguishing textual evidence from theological inference in the two interpretations of the Endor incident.
In hardship and waiting, we often hope God will change our circumstances and answer our prayers in the way we desire.
A reflection on the growing interest in quitting smoking, the social, economic, and health factors behind it, and a personal journey through addiction, willpower, prayer, and change.
A reflection on education, knowledge, integrity, and why true wisdom begins with the fear of God and shapes how we live.
For those seriously considering theological study in the United States: begin with calling and faith, then face schools, costs, scholarships, student status, and the purpose of theological formation.
Beginning with the different formation paths of Peter and Paul, this article considers credentials and spiritual life, seminary and church, knowledge and ministry, and the calling behind theological study.
A reflection on the human voice, breathing and health research, biblical praise, and worship that continues into eternity.
A reflection on freedom, boundaries, and safety ropes, exploring how truth and belonging to Christ free us from the control of sin.
A reflection on the compounding of life and ministry, treasures in heaven, and faithfully planting seeds that continue to bless others.
A reflection on preaching and communication: bringing listeners into the message, into Scripture, and ultimately into the presence of God.
In the age of AI, how should a person write? How should we use tools? How do we remain authentic?
A reflection on prompts, research maps, interpretive debates, testing, and transfer as ways AI can help preachers read, think, and prepare sermons more deeply.
A reflection on going abroad, studying theology, and life choices: before asking how to leave, examine your motives, calling, and the direction you are truly following.
My mother Ruth often told me of a healing when I was about two. More than forty years later, the marks on my body remind me of God's grace.
My testimony of how I began smoking, struggled after baptism, relapsed, and experienced God's grace through prayer as I left cigarettes behind.
Faith is confidence in a trustworthy God.
Paul Zhang reflects on preaching, writing, Christian witness, and walking alongside others—speaking the Word, writing the Word, and living the Word in everyday life.
Beginning with the familiar habit of reopening old wounds in marriage, this essay explores how love can quietly turn into scorekeeping—and how Scripture points couples toward forgiveness and grace. A lasting marriage is not one with no ledger, but one in which two imperfect people slowly learn, by grace, to stop keeping score.
A reflection on money, work, lasting value, and Christian stewardship through Jesus' question in Mark 8:36.
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