Listen, God is calling

​Stories of faithfulness By Andrew Clouse When a Jewish family sits down to a Seder or Passover meal, they are entering into a feast of stories.  The purpose of the meal is to remember the day God saved the Jewish people from the Egyptians, a moment when God’s faithfulness was tangible. When each child reads […]

Are you on the welcoming committee?

​Radical inclusion? But Mama said, ‘Don’t talk to strangers.’  By Andrew Clouse One of the pieces of advice I took to heart as a youngster was, “Don’t talk to strangers.” In my adolescent mind, this refrain was lumped together in a soup of fear that put strangers into the same category as all of the […]

Prophetic pursuit

​Kingdom seeds Sowing today to reap tomorrow  By Andrew Clouse “Then Jesus said, ‘God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a farmer who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first, a […]