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Church Spotlight: New Developments in New Rochelle

Feb 25, 2020By covwebster1 Comment

New York Covenant Church New Rochelle, New York Weekly Attendance: 400 Established: 1998 By Jill Riley David Holder David Holder began planting New York Covenant Church in New Rochelle, New York, [...]

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 [...]

Red rocks on Sinai near Moses Mountain.

Choosing Stillness

Feb 5, 2020By Guest Author0 Comments

Red rocks at Mt. Sinai In my role as pastor, I preach about 40 sermons a year. While I’d like to think each one is received as a riveting, indispensable moment of heavenly wisdom for life, here’s a confession: some [...]

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 [...]

Resisting the Divide

Jan 21, 2020By Jelani Greenidge0 Comments

In an episode of the TV dramedy Sports Night, wisecracking white sports anchor Dan Rydell (Josh Charles) is being reprimanded by his loving-yet-taciturn African American boss, Isaac Jaffe (the great Robert Guillaume), when Dan tries to defend his point of […]

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 [...]

January/February CovSparks Available

Jan 13, 2020By Staff Author0 Comments

The COV Sparks downloadable discussion guide is now available for the January/February issue of The Covenant Companion. Based on articles from the current issue of the magazine, COV Sparks provides stimulating questions for Sunday-school classes, small-group discussions, and personal reflection.

On the Edge: Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture Review

Dec 9, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture An Agrarian Reading of the Bible Ellen F. Davis Cambridge University Press, 254 pages Reviewed by Dave Rinker | December 9, 2019 When I heard that theologian Ellen Davis needed someone to pick her up at [...]