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Even before the pandemic, I started recording and sharing a short video each week for our congregation to introduce Sunday’s Scripture and..
How can we be more effective in our mission? Where have we gone wrong? What practices and partnerships serve our mission goals? This issue rethinks the church’s mission work and embraces a position of cultural humility. Mission committees will find help and hope in how they can contribute to Christ’s ministry in meaningful ways.
Even before the pandemic, I started recording and sharing a short video each week for our congregation to introduce Sunday’s Scripture and..
Edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page Wm. B. Eerdmans, 207 pages The collaborators of No Longer Strangers proclaim a transformed..
Anna Case-Winters Westminster John-Knox Press, 230 pages Anna Case-Winters offers a renewed perspective on the incarnation in her latest book, God Will..
Anthony Doerr Scribner, 640 pages There I sat in a hotel on my honeymoon: my beloved napping next to me, a bright..
Donald K. McKim Cascade Books, 186 pages John Calvin looms large in the history of Christianity. Yet, he is often misunderstood and..
Years ago, I visited a church whose pastor proudly explained that their congregation was involved in 17 mission activities and programs. There..
My six-year-old daughter just spent an hour explaining, in painful detail, the plot and characters of the animated show “Avatar,” originally on..
“We are only a healthy community if we’re taking care of everybody.” — Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth As the coordinator of the..
The two-fold crisis we face U.S. Christians have a worldwide reputation for generosity when compared with other groups in this country and..
As I seek shelter from the storm and run from the meadow of familiarity to the dark forest of confusion, where shall..
During my time in college chaplaincy, I served on Monmouth College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team. To equip ourselves for our..
15 years ago — August 2007 “The Church reformed, ever to be reformed” has been a motto of “Reformed” churches since the..
I read voraciously when I visited the Alamo a few months ago. History has never been my interest, despite marrying a historian...
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This Martin Luther King Jr. quote reminds us that the church must match their..
Uniform Lesson for April 10, 2022 Scripture passage and lesson focus: Matthew 26:17-30 Just as Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem indicated he was..
Uniform Lesson for April 3, 2022 Scripture passage and lesson focus: Matthew 21:1-11 We move this week from the Hebrew Scriptures to..
Uniform Lesson for March 27, 2022 Scripture passage and lesson focus: Deuteronomy 8:1-11 Having spent several weeks walking with Ezra through the..
“Ear Hustle” Hosts: Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods, Antwan Williams Radiotopia from PRX Recognizing the humanity of the 2.2 million people that our..
The gift of good design is that you don’t have to think about it — you see a graphic and you understand..