Fellow Pilgrims: Walking Together in Faith

Halloween is one of the few times each year when pretending to be someone else is part of the fun. We put on costumes, change our appearance, and sometimes try hard enough that people barely recognize us. Nobody is being dishonest because everyone understands what is happening. The costume is temporary, and sooner or later we take it off and go back to being ourselves. The masks we wear in everyday life are sometimes harder to recognize. We learn how to present ourselves diff

There are times when two people can look at the exact same situation and walk away with completely different conclusions. One person sees an obstacle and immediately starts listing all the reasons it cannot be overcome. Another sees the same obstacle, understands the same risks, and still believes there is a faithful way forward. That difference is not always personality. Sometimes it is faith. Numbers 13 and 14 give us one of the clearest examples of this in Scripture. Moses

There is always something that needs attention around a house. Something needs to be repaired, cleaned, replaced, organized, paid for, or improved. Even when the house itself is in good shape, there are still meals to prepare, dishes to clean, laundry to fold, schedules to manage, work to finish, bills to pay, and non-stop plans for what comes next. None of those things are wrong. In fact, many of them are good responsibilities God has entrusted to us. The danger is that we c

There is a response we hear fairly often after a sermon, Bible class, or good spiritual conversation: “That was a really good lesson.” I have said it plenty of times myself. We hear something that is biblical, meaningful, and perhaps even challenging. We agree with it. We may underline a verse, write something in the margin of our Bible or take a note in our phone, or talk about the message on the drive home. Then Monday comes, and very little changes. I do not think the prob