Under Pontius Pilate

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. Seventy-three years ago today, on March 6, 1953, the front page of The Indianapolis Star announced the death of Soviet premier Josef Stalin. Stalin is… Read more »

Suffered

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. A number of ancient philosophers believed in a Supreme Being. But for centuries they struggled to agree on exactly what kind of deity they… Read more »

Born of the Virgin Mary

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. “Weekend Update” is a comedic take on national news headlines in every edition of Saturday Night Live. The British equivalent was Not the Nine O’Clock… Read more »

Conceived by the Holy Spirit

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. Extraordinary figures are often associated with claims of extraordinary births. The Egyptian god Amun, masquerading as a human being, was said to have placed an… Read more »

His Only Son Part II

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. Kids ask great questions.  A young student named Emma asked her social studies teacher, Mr. Johnson, “How do you think Noah stored enough food to… Read more »

His Only Son

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. A few years ago, I came up behind a car driven by a teenage girl. It was turning into the parking lot of our local… Read more »

And in Jesus Christ

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. Until his death in 2013, Brennan Manning was one of his generation’s most compelling voices concerning the reality of God’s grace. Towards the end of… Read more »

Creator of Heaven and Earth

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. The Apostles’ Creed begins, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth…” In the hearts and minds of Christ-followers, that’s an… Read more »

(I Believe in) God the Father Almighty

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. A humble building known as the Abbot Pass Hut was long regarded as one of the Western Hemisphere’s most intriguing structures. It was constructed in… Read more »

Discipleship for Dummies

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. It all began with the 1983 publication of Plumbing for Dummies. No one disagrees with the premise that people who know next to nothing about… Read more »