Good Government

“Since the property, honor, and life of the whole city have been committed to the faithful keeping [of the council and authorities], they would be remiss in their duty before God and [people] if they did not seek its welfare and improvement day and night with all the means at their...

You Are a Leader

There has been a lot of talk in recent weeks and months about leadership. That’s to be expected, of course, as we approach the end of a grueling, intense, and important presidential campaign. But now that we are at the end, I’d love for us to shift the conversation about leadership from our elected officials to ourselves. In particular, I’d love to take more seriously the role that each of us has to play every day as a leader – in the home, in our places of work and volunteering, in our congregations and communities. I want us, that is, not only to look to elected officials to be good leaders – and to hold them accountable for...

Mark 12:13-17

Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said. And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with truth. Is it...