Ps 133, the classic psalm on unity, uses two images to describe unity. One is the image of priestly oil (Ps 133:2), reminding us of the consecration of the priests in the Old Testament (Ex 29:7, 9). Oil is a symbol of God's presence and His Spirit and rmeinds us that...

One of the problems we have in striving for unity (Eph 4:1-4) is that we often equate unity with uniformity. It's not. Just as every family member is different (with physical resemblances no guarantee of membership!), every church member is uniquely different. Paul...

I am an only child; my husband is an only child and we have one son. Family size varies enormously, but as children, we have no choice in whether we have siblings or not. (Sometimes, even as parents, we have little choice in how many children we have!) For many,...