“I just wish we would grow.” “We don’t have enough young people.” “There’s not enough money.” “We are too small …..
I recently taught at Kenyon Institute’s writing seminar for religious professionals. Most of the work was about writing well: effective essays, blogs,..
Every four years, the United States Sailing Association publishes a document called “The Racing Rules of Sailing.” It’s the Form of..
Guest commentary by Carlton Johnson On Wednesday, August 3, two stories consumed my social media timelines. Two stories that would sink..
When I was 10, I found a pigeon in my apartment, cooing, hiding and relieving itself behind an old behemoth speaker. I..
I think it’s safe to assume that no one believes a “give us money to keep the lights on” campaign is..
by Sallie Watson Almost 200 years ago, a trail was charted between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Independence, Missouri, that would..
St. Jude Hospital is the gold standard in volunteerism and fundraising. Our church preschool hosts a St. Jude Trike-A-Thon each year..
Not what I’d call a shower, exactly, but I did number twenty two of them, within one – past-midnight – hour, the..
One of the biggest objections I hear to giving 10 percent of our income to the church (that is, tithing) is that..
Guest commentary by Mike Watson Three hours. That’s how long it took a group of church volunteers on Sunday, August 14,..
What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “watering hole”? For me, the quintessential watering hole that captures my heart..
by Ken Evers-Hood It started with four quarters. Every Friday night when I was a boy growing up in the 80s, I would..
This summer our family vacation was also a family road trip. We spent time in the western United States culminating with a..
by Dan Hotchkiss A famous sign on Harry Truman’s desk declared: The buck stops here. “The president — whoever he is,” Truman explained,..
“Where have all the leaders gone?” This is the title of a chapter in Leah Gunning Francis’ book, “Ferguson & Faith.” Francis..
The church is obsessed with the idea of leadership. I think we have learned it from the culture around us, which..
Presbyterians don’t really do snake-handling outside of a property committee accident, and most of us aren’t quite sure about speaking in..
by Christopher Edmonston Long before I started studying theology I had been exposed to the notion of the priesthood of all..
Guest commentary by Donald McKim Tucked in the midst of Psalm 50 is verse 15: Call on me in the day of..
by Laura Jervis, Dave Mammen and Nancy Muirhead An estimated 5 million Syrians have fled their country since civil war erupted over..
When I was doing my summer of Clinical Pastoral Education (that’s a chaplaincy internship with a lot of group processing and..
by Laurie Kraus (with Susan Krehbiel and Teresa Waggener) The world is the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since World War..
Story and photos by Derek Macleod None is too many “None is too many.” That was the chilling (though, in the 1930s,..
Guest Outpost blog by Alex Becker I am invisible. It’s not something I regularly tell people, largely because if I told..
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