Arts & Culture

Degrees of Determination

Jan 17, 2020By Erin Chan Ding1 Comment

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

Jan 16, 2020By Erin Chan Ding0 Comments

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

Dec 9, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Dec 4, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Dec 2, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Nov 20, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Nov 18, 2019By covwebster0 Comments

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

Nov 11, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Nov 4, 2019By Cathy Norman Peterson1 Comment

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

Nov 1, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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

Oct 21, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

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 [...]

Going Broader and Deeper: Surprised by Scripture Review

Oct 16, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Surprised by Scripture Engaging Contemporary Issues N.T. Wright HarperOne, 240 pages Reviewed by Laurie Danielson Cornell | October 16, 2019 In Surprised by Scripture, one of the world’s leading Bible scholars invites us to engage 12 contemporary issues with a [...]