Reflection Guides

Nearly fifty years ago, when I was eighteen, I encountered a study that changed how I understood Jesus, Scripture, and the purpose of faith. Juan Mateos’s “The Message of Jesus” was one of my first introductions to a way of reading the New Testament that was historically informed, spiritually serious, and willing to question inherited

Faith does not always grow through easy answers. Sometimes it deepens when we slow down, ask honest questions, and listen carefully—to Scripture, to evidence, to conscience, and to one another. These reflection guides are designed to help individuals and small groups explore questions of faith, science, history, spiritual meaning, and public life. Each guide offers