The need to be blessed is universal. It is to our emotional and spiritual makeup, what food and oxygen are to our existence.

This great text of the church, often used as a benediction, is in fact about beginnings.

The parable from Matthew 12 hinges on housekeeping. One might well ask, "so what is the problem with a clean house?"

The parable from Matthew 12 hinges on housekeeping. One might well ask, "so what is the problem with a clean house?"

Jesus does not just save us from sin. Jesus saves us from shame.