Robert Dobratz wrote the following devotion for a Lenten devotional booklet that was written by members of Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. His devotion appeared on March 1, 2008: ”Though the ...

From here, Wood fast-forwards four years. Her protagonist has turned her back on her job, marriage, and friends and made this convent her fixed abode. Her succession of sacrifices has proved damaging: ...

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

Mark 1:28 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee. Although the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all cover basically the same ground, each one looks at Jesus’ life from a ...

Charlotte Wood’s novel, a Booker Prize finalist, follows an atheist whose mysterious path led her to live among nuns in a remote abbey.

What can we learn from them? How might we gain new insights from their experiences? This devotion is from the Couples' Devotional Bible by Zondervan. Used with permission. NIV Devotions for Couples - ...

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Visit the homepage for more information. Scroll through this page of poetry on the theme of Lent, or click on a title below to jump to that particular poem. My Son, could I have climbed this hill for ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...