Guest commentary by Carolyn Click Rain is falling on this dismal spring morning. Like tears, I think. For a moment, I can’t..
I remember the summer in 1986 when my identity as a storyteller began. After filling my 1968 Buick Wildcat, a classmate that..
As pastors and church leaders, we travel in and out of airports, train stations, even the local bus depots going to meetings,..
For two thousand years, the church has done a relatively good job of comforting bereaved people. Through ritual leadership, pastoral care, laments..
Guest commentary by Rachel Potts-Wells Imagine you wake up one morning to an email saying that everything you’ve been working for over..
George Floyd is my brother. Like you, like me, George Floyd was created in God’s image and declared good. We are members..
Guest commentary by Jimmie Hawkins The death of George Floyd puts each one of us in a place where we had hoped..
Guest commentary by Matthew J. Skolnik Whether your congregation is about to return to your church building with attentive safety measures or..
A few years ago, in the midst of the war in Syria, some 50 pastors from across the Middle East made their..
In seminary we often talked about being a “connectional church.” This means that none of us are an island — not pastors,..
Drew Faust in the epilogue of her book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and The American Civil War,” wrote: “Individuals found themselves..
Lately I’ve seen a lot of Facebook posts written with the catchphrase “Nurses are heroes.” Nothing could be truer. There is something..
Trauma ministry begins on a small stage. It might stem from crime, accident, sudden illness or natural disaster. But the ministry tends..
Guest commentary by Dick Young God is at work in our lives and in the world. Such a statement is broad enough..
Guest commentary by Rocky Supinger Flying from one mission trip directly to another this summer was going to be a challenge. The..
I am not a fan of embalming. I’m not eager to talk about it or think about it or recall the graphic..
This issue is the fourth in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
“Hell,” Sartre has written, “is other people.” If so, then the current shutdown over the COVID-19 virus must seem almost paradisiacal. For..
As more states loosen their stay-at-home orders, churches must decide whether or not to reopen. My congregation’s session selected a phased approach..
Our life together is not about bigger and more, it is about smaller and less. That’s not a message that will get..
What do we have to do with each other? This question may not be as simple as it seems. What do..
Never read the comments There is an adage in the social media lexicon: Never read the comments. Media outlets frequently curate their..
There are many vulnerable people in the church I pastor. For 15 years, I’ve served at a multicultural urban church in a..
My wife and I are the parents of three young children. Almost every evening, we all sit down at our table to..
The prophet Isaiah assures the bereft of Zion that God will not – indeed, cannot – forget them. “Can a woman forget..
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