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 [...]
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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 [...]
Back to the Heart of Ministry
Back to the Heart of Ministry After serving for two decades in denominational leadership, one pastor returns to his first love. by Richard Lucco | April 13, 2020 Pastoral ministry makes me come alive. The opportunity to journey with a [...]
The Perfection Heresy
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
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 [...]
Stay With Me
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
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
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
From circus school to national competitions, how one Covenanter discovered her inner strength—literally
Making Space for the Kingdom
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
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 [...]
Life at the Border
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 [...]