God is a worker. The first thing God reveals about himself in Scripture is that he is a creator and a worker. God chooses to work, and the work of his hands is good. According to Genesis, we were made to be workers to reflect the image of the ultimate Worker.

♪I’ve visited Baptist, Alliance, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Mennonite worship services for various one-time events. I’ve then asked myself, am I at the best church?

♪ A prayer from the African pastor Augustine in the 4th century has stirred my thought for some time: God, “you were closer to me than I am to myself.” If you place that prayer alongside Paul’s prayer that the Ephesians be “filled [with] … all the fulness of God” (Ephesians 3:19), you quickly find yourself in a bottomless sea of wonder and prayer.

An old bit of Christian wisdom that is being sorely tested in this pandemic says, you become what you make a habit of.

As I worked this morning (drywall taper), I had a question on my mind. Or, to sound more spiritual, it was on my heart.

How can we use the Apostles’ Creed as a resource for our churches and apply it in our individual lives?