Free Speech

I picked up a copy of the Wall Street Journal on a trip recently.  I read an interview with Richard Epstein, by Tunku Varadarajan, entitled “The First Amendment Is for Neo-Nazis, Too” (2017).  Epstein, an emeritus law professor who calls himself a “classical liberal,”...

In Response to Charlottesville

By Ruth Burke I had originally written a different post for this week but after the white supremacist march in Charlottesville I knew I had to respond. White supremacy is evil and completely incompatible with the gospel. But that is not what this post is about. As a...

Do Great Things

By Debbie Boyce I opened my computer recently to discover a beautiful photograph on my startup screen, courtesy of  Microsoft. The spectacular landscape drew me in. I wanted to know where the photo was taken.  It was an aerial view of farmland, with a hot air balloon...

Women are Life-givers

By Debbie Boyce “The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living” (Genesis 3:20).   Women are life-givers. What do I mean by that?  Not that we can create life – only God can create life.  However, humans were designed to do some amazing...

Can Jesus Understand the Pain of Childbirth?

By: Ruth Burke During a recent church service I was holding my sleeping baby and thinking about the pain she caused me. I know that’s a bit strange, but please bear with me. My husband was leading the communion portion of the service and had handed our seven...

Bloggers Versus Friends

By Debbie Boyce This week I got a call from a friend.  Sarah is a young wife and mother, and  she was calling to ask advice about how to get along with her husband.  The previous night her husband, Mark, had complained that Sarah doesn’t listen to him. Sarah is an...