God's Fairness

The parable of the vineyard workers (Matthew 20) offends our sense of fairness. Why should everyone get equal pay for unequal work?

Back in Ontario when ...

Doing My Master's Will

A charge to keep I have,A God to glorify.A never dying soul to save,And fit it for the sky.To serve the present age,My calling to fulfill;O may it all ...

The Harder Choice

It doesn't take much to say "I quit." It takes a lot more to say "I'll try."

Everyone a Servant

For many years, I have attended midweek Eucharists at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One thing I love is the hand-lettered sign ...

All Christians Are Ministers

If you are a Christian, then you are a minister. A non-ministering Christian is a contradiction in terms.

Luke, Paul's Biographer

"Only Luke is with me." So wrote Paul late in life from a Roman prison, just one evidence of their close relationship.

Early tradition suggests ...

John Mark, First Gospel Writer

Was Mark one of the first people in history to be raised in a Christian home? His mother's home in Jerusalem, where Mark was likely born and raised, ...

Little Things Matter

Perhaps what we are called to do may not seem like much. But consider what one scientist has called "the butterfly effect": even a butterfly ...

Equal Rewards for Service

Whether [the poor people you help] are worthy or unworthy, the reward for you will be the same.

Faith Qualifies Servants

People need a relationship with the living Christ before they can minister. But that's about the only qualification.