We imagined a future of the world in 2070. Positive and negative. We imagined a future of spirituality in the world in 2070. Positive and negative. We imagined what we would want for spirituality and church in that year.

From the depth of my heart, I beg readers not to say, “I can’t believe it! This can’t be true! That would never happen in my church," ... Instead, “I see you; I believe you,” is a more faithful and compassionate response to the violence of racism perpetuated in our churches.

Revelation was intended to give hope to a people going through impossible chaos. And God’s vision at the end of Revelation, the last word, so to speak, is incredibly hopeful. We need that now.

Julie Champ shares her experience with recovering from cancer and what she learned about God's infinite grace.

Prayer seeks the good and well-being of others. It is an act and expression of love as we lift someone or some circumstances before the God whom the Bible says is love. And that is not only a matter of expression. It leads to and undergirds outward action.

People leave and get let go. People quit and get fired. This is not a conversation about that. This is a conversation about how we treat people who leave or get let go.

God is summoning us—the church—back to our protest-ant roots for such a time as this.