A year and a half ago I quit my corporate job in Chicago and moved back home to my parents’ farm in rural, southwestern Minnesota. […]
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New Orleans Pastor Experienced Katrina, Encourages Houstonians
By Page Brooks I have been sitting at my home office desk all day seeing pictures on Facebook of the Houston devastation. About every five minutes my phone buzzes with texts from the National Guard chaplains that I supervise. We […]
Voices: The Radical Affirmationist
I stared at my Bible in desperation for several seconds, focused on the words of the passage […]
A Call to Prayer From Supt. Mark Stromberg
We have been shocked and saddened by the recent explosion and loss of life […]
When Going to Church Gets Hard
A few years ago I sat down with our pastor for coffee. We’d been going to the church off and on for a few years and were finally ready to join and jump fully into the congregational life. […]
Your Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked
It’s been more than a decade since I first discovered The Prophet written by Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. […]
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 […]