The book of Lamentations seems to be one of the most obscure, often considered depressing […]
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Eagle River Church Celebrates 20 Years of Ministry
Community Covenant Church (CCC) celebrated its platinum anniversary […]
Second City Sabbatical
Christians often say that God has a “wonderful plan” for our lives. I don’t believe that’s true. […]
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 […]