It’s been more than a decade since I first discovered The Prophet written by Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. […]
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A Nepali Surprise
Ten years ago in the middle of a rainstorm Bashu Pasai drove up the West Coast from California toward Seattle looking for a new start. […]
Big Q: When Did You First Feel Like an Adult?
By Alena Logan Before my senior year of college, I left home to work for the summer. I drove twelve hours by myself to live with a host I hadn’t met, to work in a city I didn’t know. The […]
Tips for Protecting Your Data and Identity Online
By Bill Rabe CHICAGO, IL (July 2, 2017) —Almost everything today can be done online—from banking and shopping to making travel arrangements and applying for mortgages. While that’s convenient, identity theft and credit card fraud are on the rise as […]
Voices: I Wouldn’t Tell This to the Church
Years ago, I had a pastor friend who told me that one of his rules in preaching was never […]
General Manager’s Career with KICY Started with Newsletter
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a version that first appeared in the Alaska Conference’s newsletter the Sinew. NOME, AK (June 22, 2017) — When Patty Burchell was a schoolteacher in California in 1998, she began receiving KICY’s newsletter. […]
Church’s Helmet Sunday a Show of Support for Member
Earlier in the year, caregivers decided that wearing a helmet could help Durand […]
Covenant Bookstore: It’s More Than Retail
As manager of the Fulfillment Center at Covenant Offices, Kevin Kempe is the resident expert on all printing matters, as well as the latest titles in publishing. […]
Voices: If Only Heaven Had Visiting Hours
I have a large, framed charcoal drawing of my father on my living room wall. It was […]
A Good Start: How Our Congregation Reinvented Itself for New Life and Ministry
By Denise Stripes SPOKANE, WA (June 12, 2017)—Our congregation’s remarkable café ministry that helps transform the lives of people who otherwise might be unemployable would not exist if I had been successful in my three attempts to close First Covenant […]
Four Seasons
Amid the uncertainties of the stages of life, we can find seeds for growth and a deepening understanding of God’s provision. […]
Faith in the Ruins
Whenever people ask me for a book recommendation, I list off a few of the classics I love—Steinbeck’s East of Eden or David James Duncan’s The Brothers K—and then the following interchange almost invariably occurs: […]