Raising a good kid -- even knowing what makes a "good" kid -- can be terrifying because it is so important to us and because so many things can go wrong. John Smith has spent decades with kids and their parents. He knows what it takes to raise a good kid. He knows there isn't an owner's manual. Most... (more)

he Red Thread primarily explores the themes of both hope and freedom. Hope for all of us who love God, but who find ourselves struggling with fears and insecurities. And freedom from the stuff that holds us back from living the abundant life promised by Jesus. Writing with honesty about her o... (more)

This collection of essays on the theme of repentance/penitence emerged from an assembly of biblical scholars, systematic theologians, and church historians at the 2003-2004 meetings of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature. Walter Brueggemann, one of the respondents to the ... (more)