Christians often say that God has a “wonderful plan” for our lives. I don’t believe that’s true. […]
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Review: A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
In spite of the title’s reference to Lewis’s Narnia chronicles, this is not a children’s book. Rather, it is the story of how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis […]
Review: The Art of Prayer
Prayer has been a struggle for me throughout my life. I committed my life to Christ as a teen in a small Baptist church […]
My Iranıan Awakening
A visit to my father’s homeland left me feeling less American but more fully human. […]
Superman’s Crisis of Identity
I remember my first and favorite toy well: Superman. […]
The Everyday Onslaught
Citizen: An American Lyric Claudia Rankine Graywolf Press, 160 pages By Carol Wild | December 2, 2015 Recently I read an article that challenged readers who are white to read only books written by authors of color. That led me to [...]
In-Seine Fish New Food Source for Hungry
By Linda Sladkey Covenant missionary Randy Bevis spent years in Thailand using his aquaculture background helping villagers establish fish that provided a source of income as well as food. Now, with his new non-profit, In-Seine, he is taking that expertise […]
Review: Sabbath as Resistance
Walter Brueggemann is one of those rare authors who transcends reductive labels (liberal/conservative, mainline/evangelical) by paying attention to the Bible’s irreducible word. Like the prophets he passionately interprets in his dozens of books and hundreds of articles, Brueggemann is on […]
Voices: ‘Children of the Heavenly Father’ – Taking Refuge in a God of Paradox
By Chris Gehrz This post originally appeared on the blog Pietist Schoolman. Growing up, my favorite two pages in any book were Hymns 381-382 in The Covenant Hymnal (1973): “Day by Day and with Each Passing Moment” and “Children of […]
Finance Uncensored
As we approach the end of the year, churches and nonprofits are seeking annual donations, just as merchants and shopkeepers are hoping we’ll spend enough to keep them in the black for another year. In the church, we know our […]
Team Ministers to Alaska Village Following Multiple Suicides
By Kristi Ivanoff HOOPER BAY, ALASKA (November 6, 2015) — Hooper Bay is a remote village of just 1,200 people. Over a two-week period in late September and early October, four young adults—three men and one woman—killed themselves.
Voices: An Unbalanced Integrated Life
By Lenore Knight This post originally appeared in a slightly different version at CovChurchPIM, a new online community for spouses of clergy and students sponsored by North Park Seminary’s Partners in Ministry and the Evangelical Covenant Church. Wasted hours I will [...]