When I enrolled in a graduate degree program to study theology, I went because a friend had suggested that I go and because I didn’t have any other concrete life plans...

During my freshman year in college, one of my teachers made a note in the margin of an essay I had written that said, “You write well.” I don’t think he...

Jesus’ prophetic statement of bringing other sheep into the fold can be viewed as John’s commissioning for the early church—a command to welcome and receive others into the life and ministry...

John reminds us that Jesus is not only the good shepherd because he’s willing to die for his sheep but also because, in contrast to the hired hand, he’s invested in...

What does it mean to believe? Recently I asked that question at a Bible study. At first there was an awkward silence and trepidation among the group, but eventually someone chimed...

John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, gives us an account of how Christians are to love one another—a lesson taught by Jesus himself through his sacrifice for humanity. It’s as if...

Psalm 23 is familiar to most churchgoers. Read aloud on some of the most somber of occasions, it reflects the believer’s spiritual journey here on earth as well as one’s future...

Can we boldly proclaim as Peter does, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved”...

Jesus the Good Shepherd is a shepherd of second chances, as evidenced in today’s scripture reading. The setting in which Peter and John find themselves is reminiscent of Jesus’ earlier inquest...

I recently found a journal that I had kept daily for the first five years of my son Julian’s life. During that period of time, his younger brother Britton was born,...