When They See My Son
Stories That Shaped My Faith When They See My Son by Christina Smith | January 20, 2020 Before my son was born, like most new moms, I had all kinds of questions. How do I swaddle a baby? How painful [...]
Arts & Culture
Degrees of Determination
Degrees of Determination When Talakai Finau took his son to college, he never imagined how it would change his own life. by Erin Chan Ding | January 17, 2020 A swath of land along the shore of Big Lake, located [...]
Coffee Futures
Coffee Futures After years of conflict and harvest failure, producers in DR Congo are reclaiming a prosperous crop and building the church. by Erin Chan Ding, photos by Kristen Norman | January 16, 2020 KARAWA, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Three [...]
On the Edge: Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture Review
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture An Agrarian Reading of the Bible Ellen F. Davis Cambridge University Press, 254 pages Reviewed by Dave Rinker | December 9, 2019 When I heard that theologian Ellen Davis needed someone to pick her up at [...]
Remember Well the Future: Advent Reflection
Remember Well the Future Receiving Advent’s Covenant Promise by Don Johnson | December 4, 2019 Planning, leading, guiding, and preaching on Sundays is a high honor and privilege. But planning worship for the Advent and Christmas season is tricky business. [...]
The Disregarded Gift: Advent Reflection
The Disregarded Gift With all our focus on Christmas, does the manger still catch us unaware? by Leeann Younger | December 2, 2019 Tanya’s life is littered with loss. To the untrained eye the ravages of urban poverty, her battle [...]
Shaping the Future: Sustainable Young Adult Ministry Review
Sustainable Young Adult Ministry Making It Work, Making It Last Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier IVP Books, 224 pages Reviewed by Jordan Cone | November 20, 2019 Being a young adult in church can be awkward. No longer in high-school [...]
The North Park Distinctive: An Interview with Mary Surridge
The North Park Distinctive An Interview with Mary Surridge by Erin Chan Ding | November 18, 2019 At her inauguration less than one year ago, Mary Surridge, the 10th president of North Park University, referenced the nine men who [...]
The Presence of Great Love
Stories That Shaped My Faith The Presence of Great Love by Rebekah Strobel | November 11, 2019 The first time I sat down to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone I was 13 years old—and I immediately sensed that [...]
Harbored
Harbored Serving the world without leaving the wharf by Cathy Norman Peterson | November 4, 2019 A row of buildings fronting the wharf at Boston Harbor hides the colossal cruise ship, as well as the water, though you can still [...]
Shalom Colombia
Shalom Colombia How young peacemakers are leading efforts to transform their communities by David Husby | November 1, 2019 The municipality of El Bagre, Colombia, is representative of the decades of conflict and violence in that country. Covenant missionary Julio [...]
The Miracle of Recovery: Addiction Nation Review
Addiction Nation What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us Timothy McMahan King Herald Press, 272 pages Reviewed by Doug Bixby | October 21, 2019 Addiction Nation is a great resource for anyone impacted by addiction and an important read for [...]