Acts

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

Is there anything more embarrassing than believing in a three-story universe?

Fruitful ministry becomes sustainable when it is shared, person to person and generation to generation.

Pastors face intense challenges—though not necessarily unique ones.

So why do so many of them embrace it as a solution?

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

In the Mennonite tradition, we are all priests. But I still have a particular role to play.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The church in Acts 2 will follow Jesus, for they know his voice.

“Each of the typical approaches has problems. The best solution would be to change the lectionary.”

Throughout scripture, human bodies are not an obstacle to righteousness; they are its location.

Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.

Kenosis, solidarity, and discipleship

Five new books about Luke and Acts

Early-20th-century European and North American missionaries grew concerned about it—but never in their own churches.

It’s an interesting contrast with the ways leadership and oversight have been handled since.

Maybe we should see Pentecost as a celebration of land and labor in which the Holy Spirt is made known.