Mothers do not have it easy, especially this one: her life was a complex mix of joy and sorrow, worry and hope. The journey from the bier to the cradle symbolises a new beginning and hope. 

Everyone has their own truth, but the gospel tells us: truth is a person. “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

What will become of me when God makes all things new? The Ninth Article of Faith speaks of a future in which God will dwell among people—and that wounded histories will not simply be erased but healed.

When a mission becomes a brand and faith becomes a success story, you lose sight of the cross. But Jesus reminds us in an unnerving kind of way that love is not measured by how many people have been exposed to it, but by true discipleship.

This is what faithful servants, wise virgins, and entrusted talents all have in common: the answer from the parable of the Last Judgement. Here is how we encounter God today.

Advocating and interceding for someone is a true act of friendship! There is a story of four people who did just that and enabled a sick person to be healed through their own faith. 

She was a wife and mother, and decided over war and more mundane conflicts. Nothing was too much for her. A singular biblical figure tells us about her time, her life, and her heroic deeds. In all modesty.

The story is about two men: one with a coat and one with a plough. And that’s all it took to bring about the beginning of a new era. Except for a huge portion of faith that was involved, and which became sight.

God opened a woman’s heart! What happened then marks the birth of the Christian church in Europe.

Reading the Bible is not a scavenger hunt, but a wonderful journey of discovery with Christ as the light and the Holy Spirit as your companion.

She was probably the most influential woman in Christianity: her real name was Miriam. She was a Jew and lived in Palestine at the turn of the first century. Where she came from, where she went, what she witnessed, and what the centuries made of it—here is a description she might have given herself.

They’re annoying, and that’s a good thing. Because sometimes faith takes the form of holy stubbornness. What Jesus teaches us in word and deed: to pray means to keep at it.

Greed and gossip, on the one hand, and fundamental trust, certainty of faith, and testimony: these are the themes of the five Sunday services in August. Here is a preview. 

What was the name of that warrior again who killed Goliath? Of course, David! Or was it a certain Elhanan? Anyone who reads the Bible carefully will find quite a few champions who killed giants.

The kingdom of God starts small and insignificant, but ends up to be magnificent and extensive. The twin parables of the mustard seed and the leaven are a source of encouragement, but they also harbour provocations—at least for Jesus’ contemporaries.

The Bible is more than just an old book. It is like a treasure chest full of stories about God and humankind. Vivid imagery and simple comparisons help children understand how the Bible came into being and why it is still so important today.

Theology is life-threatening. At least that was the experience of a certain Patrick when he tried to explain the trinity of God to wild Celts. Even today, the concept remains difficult. Here is an approach.

A mathetria, a female disciple, is mentioned in the New Testament only once. Her appearance on the biblical stage lasts only seven verses, but her fate makes an impact. It is a situation of life and death.