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The Perfection Heresy

Apr 7, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

The Perfection Heresy What an A.A. meeting can teach us about our expectations by Robert Rife | April 7, 2020 THE END October 2003. No amount of light could remove the darkness that had settled inside me. I could feel [...]

Empty Churches Celebrating the Empty Tomb

Apr 3, 2020By Guest Author3 Comments

Empty Churches Celebrating the Empty Tomb by Doug Bixby | April 3, 2020 The image above serves as a stark reminder of what we are all going through. It was submitted via social media during a livestream of our worship [...]

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Stay With Me

Mar 23, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

Stay With Me Accepting Jesus’s Lenten Invitation to Vulnerability, Loss, and Grace by Jan Bros | March 23, 2020 On Transfiguration Sunday at Abbey Way Covenant Church in Minneapolis, where I serve as pastor, we print the word “Alleluia” in [...]

Sacred Stories

Mar 12, 2020By Staff Author0 Comments

In the March/April issue of the Covenant Companion, Covenant family share the stories of their identity as indigenous people, deepening our understanding of who we are as a family of faith. Click the photos above or scroll through to read [...]

5 Minutes with Niki Wong: Drilling Down for Public Health

Mar 3, 2020By Guest Author1 Comment

By Jill Riley When Niki Wong considered moving to South Los Angeles for an internship, she was shocked to discover an active oil drilling site in the middle of a residential neighborhood, threatening the health of individuals living in the […]

Heavy Lifting

Feb 20, 2020By Linda Sladkey1 Comment

From circus school to national competitions, how one Covenanter discovered her inner strength—literally

Making Space for the Kingdom

Feb 6, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

Making Space for the Kingdom How ten congregations, representing a multitude of nations, languages, and faith experiences, have found a church home together by Jill Riley | February 6, 2020 At 11:00 on a Sunday morning in Texas, the large [...]

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 [...]