“Unhappy with Our Hesitation” By Rev. Anthony L. Trufant Mark 16:14-18, NRSV & MSG 14 Later he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were sitting at the table; and he upbraided them for their lack of faith and stubbornness, because they had not believed those...

Isaiah 9:6, MSG: For a child has been born — for us! The gift of a son — for us! A friend of mine and his wife are expecting a baby. He is excited, and rightfully so. However, I've tried to ask him to temper his excitement and euphoria with some brown liquor -- no...

I'm not sure how old I was when I was taught to say prayers. Still, I imagine that I must have been about three or four—or, as child theorists suggest, two or three. However old I was, I can assume my mother was the first to teach me to pray. Like most other children...