“Being vigilant about a roaring lion appeals to me more than being vigilant about weeds.”
Features
You Are Not Alone
Navigating the Emotional Toll of a Pandemic
One Hundred Dresses
I am blown away by how many people come to talk to me in tears after every presentation. And I realize that even though we are different, we have common threads.
Setting Up Chairs
And Other Tales of Returning to Church—and Then Staying Home
There Is No Small Talk in Quarantine
The Education of an Introvert
Grace in the Waiting Space
Stories of Ministry in a Time Apart
Reimagining Church
In May, when churches were in the second month of a nationwide shut- down, John Wenrich, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church, sat down with Ed Stetzer, contributing editor for Christianity Today, executive director of Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, and interim teaching pastor at Moody Church in Chicago, to talk about ministry and leadership.
A Raven of Hope
Covenant pastor Tim Hawkinson finds direction on an anxious, uncharted road.
The Value of Sacrifice
Covenant pastor Mike Guerrero finds Scripture coming to life in a grocery store produce aisle
Trust-filled Lament
Trust-filled Lament by Ellen Kogstad | May 4, 2020 Jesus was asked an astute question, “Lord, teach us to pray.” In this year filled with angst and fear what can we even say or pray. No words are adequate, our [...]
Pardoned
Pardoned How a life sentence in prison became the place of call for Smiley Parham by Stan Friedman | April 28, 2020 Fifty-year-old Oscar “Smiley” Parham was just five years old when his father had a heart attack and died [...]
Awkward and Holy
Awkward and Holy by Dana Bowman | April 15, 2020 I write this with both of my boys locked out of the house. Every day, from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m., I unceremoniously shove them outside, lock the door, and [...]