Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos offers its students more than an education. “El gran amor del Señor nunca se acaba, y su compasión jamás se agota. Cada mañana se renuevan sus bondades; ¡muy grande es […]
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From Sand Dams to Sorghum
Self-help groups and sustainable development make a difference in Kenya. Traveling the Kenyan roads of West Pokot can be venturesome – not an exercise for the faint of spirit or weak in constitution. The terrain is rugged, filled with sudden […]
The CHET Family of Faith
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos offers its students more than an education. The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. – […]
Conversations in the Vast Middle
Public radio host and author Krista Tippett talks with Stan Friedman about civility, social media, and Einstein. Listener of the public radio show On Being are treated weekly to an exploration of human spirituality and faith as host Krista Tippett […]
Bearing the Wait
Lessons learned in the interlude “The waiting is the hardest part.” – Tom Petty Over the last decade, I have had many great experiences in various ministry settings as I finished college, attended seminary, and took my first full-time call […]
A Presence in Congo
A brief overview of Covenant ministries in DR Congo, and the development of Paul Carlson Partnership Pre-1960s 1960s Post 1960s
Working with CEUM
Eighty years after the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) sent its first missionaries to DR Congo, Covenanters continue to be deeply invested in the work of our sister church. Now considerably larger than our church here, the Congo Covenant Church (CEUM) […]
Weborg Photo Shoot a Daylong Event
PRINCETON, IL (October 1, 2014) — The cover story this month on the life and ministry of John Weborg includes beautiful photos taken by Bjorn Amundsen during an all-day photo shoot in Princeton, where John and Lois Weborg live. The […]
Weborg Moments
Novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace once wrote an effusive profile of tennis great Roger Federer entitled “Roger Federer as Religious Experience” in the New York Times. He described “Federer Moments,” explaining, “These are times, as you watch the young […]
More Than Paul Ever Dreamed
This fall, Paul Carlson Partnership launches a new initiative to bring electricity and running water to medical clinics in Congo. A Congolese male nursing student sits in a chair with a birthing simulator called “MamaNatalie” strapped to his abdomen. A […]
Accessory to the Word
Accessory to the Word By Stan Friedman | Photographs by: Bjorn Amundsen | October 1, 2014 In an age of instant information and immediate response, Covenant theologian C. John Weborg embodies a deep and continuous engagement with community and Scripture. [...]
Doing Theology: A Conversation with John Weborg
You taught theology at North Park Theological Seminary for nearly thirty years. What did you want students to come away with from your classes? I don’t think I ever asked myself that question. I’m not very goal oriented—perhaps that makes […]