Arts & Culture

Between the Cross and the Resurrection

Apr 8, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

He Descended to the Dead An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday Matthew Y. Emerson IVP Academic, 272 pages Reviewed by Karen M. Hinz | April 8, 2020 Our culture is obsessed with the underworld. Last year, Hadestown won the Tony for [...]

Enough is Enough

Apr 1, 2020By Linda Sladkey0 Comments

The Practice of Finding How Gratitude Leads the Way to Enough Holly W. Whitcomb Eerdmans, 160 pages Reviewed by Linda Sladkey | April 1, 2020 I quit my gratitude journal. Every day, for four years I wrote down five things for [...]

Led by Love: The Next Right Thing Review

Feb 28, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

The Next Right Thing A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions Emily P. Freeman Revell, 256 pages Reviewed by Anna Cornell | February 28, 2020 I have always been a rather hasty decision maker. Sitting in a place of [...]

A New Shift for Swedish

Feb 4, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

A New Shift for Swedish Remembering the founding mission of Swedish Covenant Hospital as it concludes its 133-year-old relationship with the ECC and joins a large healthcare system in the Chicago area by Stan Friedman | February 4, 2020 In [...]

As the sun sets near McAllen TX, migrants that have crossed the Rio Grande surrender to U.S. Border Patrol near an area known as Rincon. From here they will be transported to a processing center. Photo by Mani Albrecht U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs Visual Communications Division

Life at the Border

Jan 30, 2020By Stan Friedman0 Comments

Life at the Border Behind the rhetoric, headlines, and statistics surrounding immigration are the stories of individuals and a Texas community living with the daily realities of a complex issue. by Stan Friedman | January 29, 2020 Above: As [...]

When They See My Son

Jan 20, 2020By Guest Author1 Comment

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 [...]

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 [...]