Full body search, and scan unlock intimidating gates toward the so-called Welcome Center of the Federal Maximum Security Facility, in a late..
Our congregation has gotten in the habit of lighting the Advent wreath at the beginning of worship each Sunday in Advent. It’s..
Teri McDowell Ott interviews veterans Eric Hanson, John Kennealy, Jared R. Worley and Ryan Bronaugh.
Advent is the period when Christians prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The first person to do Advent preparation was Mary..
In C.S. Lewis's “The Magician’s Nephew,” Uncle Andrew is a wild-eyed bachelor with a shock of tousled grey hair who conducts experiments..
In the spring of 2016, I was laying on my back in a hospital bed at Duke University Medical Center. Sickness and..
Amid sheepish shepherds, embarrassed kings, awkward angels with their bent-coat-hanger wings – my most unforgettable character is the tender-hearted lad assigned to..
Editor’s note: The following piece was published in our Dec. 27, 2021 magazine. Our standard is to wait a month to publish..
Several years ago, my wife and I took a tour of Iceland. We stayed for several nights at Stykkishólmur, a seacoast..
At my first church as a pastor, the session organized an effort to reach out to inactive members of the church. Each..
Veteran Rowan Mooney shares their story through poetry.
Veteran Chris Bell shares his writing.
Veteran Eric Hanson shares his writing.
Jacqueline Wilson creates a safe space and community for veterans to share their stories through the written word.
I remember being shocked by the fact that Mrs. B., my third grade teacher, was crying. It must have been April 30,..
An invitation to go deeper, to penetrate the hard-worn surface of our habitual this-and-that, permit entry to images, suggestions, even fears that..
What does it mean for the church to be vital? Brian Christopher Coulter thinks about this question while overviewing the PC(USA)'s “7 Marks of Vital Congregations” list.
Black Friday opened up before Halloween this year, and the customary counselors are predicting drastic shortages, delays and empty shelves. The supply..
Waiting is often difficult for me. I attribute this to events of my childhood. With a terminally ill father and a sibling..
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. — Psalm 90:12 When you three were..
To Give Thanks… is to remember how it feels to experience belonging, to look long around a laden table and be glad..
I think we’ve all heard someone older than us begin a sentence with, “When I was a kid …” The most famous..
Your vital congregation journey puts you on a route that is a superhighway from the perspectives of both contemporary organizational theory and..
A key bit of dialogue from a scene in the television series “ER” has stuck with me for a long time. Mark..
blessed be the fall dormancy begins per usual relief from the hectic buzzing and sweltering but gusts from tropical depressions usher us..
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