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 […]
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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 [...]
GuideStone offers webinar with Q&A
The newly suggested provider for ECC 403(b)(9) plans, GuideStone Financial Resources, will offer a webinar on Tuesday, November 3 at 3 p.m. (CST) and on Thursday, November 5 at 12 noon (CST). A reference to this webinar was made in […]
Voices: Domestic Violence Survivors Living in the House of God
By Yvonne DeVaughn This column initially appeared in the Women Ministries website. The Eastern Church has a tradition of using icons as a way to enter into a conversation with God. According to Professor Paul de Neui of North Park […]
Pastor Reflects on Hearing, Meeting Pope Francis
By Peter Ahn FORT LEE, NJ (September 29, 2015) — Peter Ahn, pastor of Metro Community Covenant Church, was among 400 clergy from around the United States invited to be part of an interfaith gathering during which Pope Francis spoke […]
The Scene of Miracle Among Us
By Christina Tinglof “Wherever you turn your eyes the world shines like transfiguration. You don’t have to bring a thing to it but a little willingness to see. Only who could have the courage to see it?” The first time […]
Fear Factor
By Dana Bowman I’m standing in line at our local small town grocery store, humming listlessly along with a Muzak version of “Eye of the Tiger,” when I spy her. It’s my neighbor, the funny, sweet one with the curly-haired […]
A Good Death
By Margaret Kim Peterson “Our people die well.” So John Wesley said of the early Methodists, members of the movement founded by Wesley for Christians who were serious about their faith and sought to live it fully in every aspect […]
The Awe, the Longing, and All Those Questions
By Riley Balikian Anybody who has spent time with an inquisitive toddler knows what it is to be curious: Why? How? Who? Where? Though these questions can become a burden for parents and babysitters alike, I see in them the […]