Rigid conformity robs us from experiencing all the richness and beauty of God’s creation.
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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
I Can’t Go Back to Normal
The American narrative that equates success with self-sufficiency poisons our identity as children of God.
There Is No Small Talk in Quarantine
The Education of an Introvert
Dear White Church
Rediscipling the White Church From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity David W. Swanson InterVarsity Press, 208 pages Reviewed by Liz Mosbo Verhage | July 14, 2020 “In the spiritual battle for a more reconciled church, every single majority-white congregation has a [...]
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.
The Written Witness
Your Story Matters Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life Leslie Leyland Fields NavPress, 224 pages Reviewed by Tonia Gütting | May 27, 2020 Our coronavirus quarantine was interrupted recently by a tornado that cut a chunk out of [...]
The Sacred Work of True Shalom
I Bring the Voices of My People A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation Chanequa Walker-Barnes Eerdmans, 280 pages Reviewed by Leeann Younger | May 19, 2020 Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a professor of pastoral care and counseling at McAfee School of [...]
The Lord Is My Smartphone
One of the challenges every pastor has is to present God’s word in a way that is relatable to people in their everyday context. It requires the skill of cultural exegesis—learning the nuances of a culture in order to accurately […]
A Raven of Hope
Covenant pastor Tim Hawkinson finds direction on an anxious, uncharted road.