Spark Story Bible
Jo Wiersema and Amy Pagliarella talk about Spark Story Bible by Patti Thisted Arthur. Is it the right Bible to read with your kids? Is it a good choice for Sunday school?
Jo Wiersema and Amy Pagliarella talk about Spark Story Bible by Patti Thisted Arthur. Is it the right Bible to read with your kids? Is it a good choice for Sunday school?
Dana Moulds reflects on "willingness" and Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
How do we know we're doing good? Rose Schrott Taylor looks at Galatians 5:13-26.
In this lesson, children will explore Matthew 14:13-21 noticing examples of generosity and then they will wonder about how they might extend and enact this same generosity in their own lives.
In the same week as the Texas Baptists’ meeting, Black leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC President Bart Barber met over similar issues in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
"Books ... are the written words that guide us, walk alongside us, encourage, and challenge us to think compassionately, to think bigger, to think in a way that includes the 'other.'" — Nadine Ellsworth-Moran
Jo Wiersema and Amy Pagliarella review Desmond Tutu's Children of God Storybook Bible. Read the pros and the cons.
"In the most devastating and painful season of our lives, we are rebuilding with a sense of purpose and hope for a future free from gun violence."
'Whether it's fragmentation, technological advances or spirituality, we need to refresh the traditional approaches to our faith,’ said one grant recipient.
Some recent pieces of fiction that you should add to your "to read" list.
Aaron Neff reflects on sabbath in conversations with parents and a rabbi.
"Brueggemann’s goal is to make the case that the Bible, although ancient, is still relevant for our situation today." — Keith Curl-Dove
His vanguard interview with Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker at the time) aired in an era when fear and false information about HIV/AIDS ran rampant in conservative Christian communities.
Reporter Erin Dunigan speaks about the 2023 PC(USA) statistical report with denominational leader Lee Hinson-Hasty.
Reflecting on T.S. Eliot’s “Gerontion” in light of a family health scare, Jenny Lee discovers a way forward through faithfulness — to God and to each other.
A new study looked at how worship leaders pick music for services — at a time when a handful of megachurches dominate the market.
Book Review Editor Amy Pagliarella highlights several religious non-fiction books to add to your list.
Doug Basler answered a call in 2020 to help revitalize a church. His true mission became a litany to leading – lovingly and faithfully – the letting go.
What can we learn from cats?
The kingdom of heaven allows us to see our ordinary lives in extraordinary ways, Jo Wiersema writes, reflecting on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.
In this lesson, children will explore the parable genre and will wonder about several short parables offered in the Gospel of Matthew.
What if we viewed the three parables in Matthew 13:44-52 through the eyes of a child, Mark Hinds wonders?
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
A Presbyterian minister and scholar is working to shift the cultural paradigm that abortion is sin.