God, grant me the kind of faith that grieves as much for Iranian school girls crushed at their desks as for brave American soldiers. The kind of faith that weeps as much for Palestinian children buried in rubble as for Israeli worshippers killed at worship. The kind of faith that pleads as much for wisdom […]

One of my favorite bits of Scripture comes from the Hebrew prophet Micah. Micah came from a small agricultural town near Jerusalem and spoke prophetically to the political and religious leaders of his day, urging them to listen to God. These leaders practiced injustice towards the least, mistreatment of women and children, devious business practices, […]

Jesus said nothing about gay marriage or transgender children or abortion. Nothing. But Jesus had quite a lot to say about mercy. In his Sermon on the Mount - his treatise on the way life is to be lived in the Kingdom of God - Jesus says, right out of the blocks: “Blessed are the […]