Peter Perry

Transitions are a time when God can help us grow. When we move out of our parents house, we learn independence (somewhat painfully when the bills come due!) and God helps us to grow in both our abilities and our trust in God’s provision. When we lose a job, we enter a time of transition—and also a new opportunity for growth to be motivated to look for new opportunities trusting God to guide us. When the doctor says we have a disease, we enter a time of transition thinking of our mortality—and...

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter 2:9) “Who me?” you might say. “Yes, you! I choose you!” Read the verse above again: yes, that’s you, that’s St John’s, that’s everyone who trusts God saves through Jesus! As people with high status (“a royal priesthood!”) before the God of the universe, we are free! How will we express our...

Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! How can I persuade you to put your ultimate hope in Christ and his resurrection? By “hope,” I mean the reason you have to think something better is in the future. Hope is whatever gets us up in the morning thinking today might be better than yesterday. Hope sends us to work thinking we’ll do some good in the world. Hope fills the hearts of students that they’ll learn something new. (OK, I’m idealizing a little here.) Hope brings us to the ballot box to...