What good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? James 2:14-17 Questions for Life Groups Read James 2:14-17 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Responsibility. This week, let’s pay attention to who is being...
One of the defining struggles of our time is the widening gap between those with wealth and power and the vast majority who live without either. These inequities reach far beyond access to comfort or convenience. They shape whose voices are heard, whose bodies are...
A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping. Rachel is crying for her children; she refuses to be comforted, for they are dead. Matthew 2:16-18 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 2:16-18 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Suffering....
“Who are the peacemakers in times of haunting wars?” Olena Tovianska asks from Irpin, Ukraine. She does not ask as a distant observer or a detached theologian, but as someone living inside the question. War is not an abstract concept where she lives; it constructs...
Which one of these three acted like a neighbor toward the man? The one who was kind to him. Go, then, and do the same. Luke 10:25-37 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 10:25-37 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Neighbors. This week, pause and...
A concept known as “emotional intelligence” gets top billing in the psychological and organizational literature of our day. Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand, regulate, and responsibly express emotion, as a core foundation for healthy...
If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; 32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8 31-32 Questions for Life Groups Read John 8:31-32 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Truth. This week, practice truth-telling by...
This past week has been devastating. The news has been relentless about federal immigration enforcement expanding into cities and neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the family of a mother killed during an ICE operation in Minnesota is grieving. Her community is grieving....
The apostles returned and told Jesus all they had done and taught. Jesus said to them, “Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone, and you can rest a while.” Mark 6:30-32 Questions for Life Groups Read Mark 6 30-32 and the article in this week’s...
This week, a young mother was killed in Minneapolis. A life was taken. A family was shattered. A community was wounded. I want to say plainly what many of us are feeling: I am angry. I am heartbroken. And I am struggling to find words that neither numb the truth nor...