What might be keeping us from fully experiencing new life in Christ? When Jesus proclaims that “the Kingdom of Heaven is within us” and invites us to “be born again,” he is inviting us out of brokenness into wholeness, out of our weakness and fearfulness into His power to transform us and to be embraced ... Read more
The gospel of Christ calls us, again and again, to reawaken from our social loneliness and fragmentation and return to our original family, and our original, Life-giving parent, whom John, in his New Testament letter, names as Love (1 John 4:7-10). The Lord’s prayer, beginning with “Our Father” (Matthew 6:9, Luke 11:2), which Jesus gave us as ... Read more
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. ... Read more
Ecclesiastes 3: "There is a time for everything … a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance …" The Bible speaks eloquently to the idea that grief and mourning are a part of life, and captures beautifully the cyclical nature of our experience, the wedding ... Read more
“Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the reality of God has come near; wake up and receive the joy of the gospel” (Mark 1:14-15) Again and again in the gospels, those encountering Jesus experience a sudden transformation of their whole ... Read more
One-Day Hybrid Gathering of Friends Center, 2/7/26 Matt Rosen and David Male, with the help of the Friends Center of Ohio Yearly Meeting, inviteyou to participate in a daylong gathering of Friends who are interested in sharing, here and now,a Living Faith in the Way of Jesus. This gathering will offer an opportunity to explore ... Read more