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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

5 Minutes with David Stockamp: Training Pastors in DR Congo

Nov 13, 2019By Staff Author3 Comments

David Stockamp arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 40 years ago as a missionary and minister in the Bible institute of the Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM). The CEUM operates in northwest DR Congo, an area approximately the […]

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 [...]