A reader asked, after my recent confessional column about Jesus loving me regardless of my good or bad choices: "Does Jesus love me? How can I find that out for sure?" I do not know how to answer ...

One of the most influential theologians of the 20th century was a German named Karl Barth. He was a critical thinker and prolific writer who explored the interrelation of faith, theology and culture.

What are we doing? That’s the question we challenged ourselves to answer. Seems like a simple question. After all, this is church. Okay, not so simple. We all know that the possibility exists to ...