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 […]
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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 […]
When the best-laid plans…
Lessons in parenting, prayer, and patience Kristi Ivanoff lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where she is editor of the ECCAK Sinew and serves on the preaching team for First Covenant Church Anchorage. She also enjoys her “acting job” as a patient […]
Covenant Offices Leadership Team
At this past Annual Meeting delegates passed a major reorganization plan that is now in effect. The streamlined structure puts cost-effective focus on ministry areas based on the five mission priorities: Start and Strengthen Churches; Make and Deepen Disciples; Develop […]
Companion Book Briefs: Crazy Shepherd/Crazy Sheep, Beyond Belief, Graduation: ‘So What Just Happened?’
By Megan Herrold CHICAGO, IL (September 19, 2014) — Book Briefs is an online feature of the Covenant Companionthat highlights new releases by Covenant authors. These reviews will supplement those provided in the magazine and are available on both Covenant […]
This Missionary Life
An inside look at the painful challenges and joyful surprises of following God’s call An interview with regional coordinators Pia and Eugenio Restrepo Although the modern concept of missions has placed an increasing emphasis on the “profession” of being a […]
An Unlikely Journey to an Unexpected Place
How two young people – one from suburban Minnesota, the other from rural Colombia – left their comfort zones and together followed God’s call. Katie Isaza and her husband, Julio, are project missionaries in Medillín, Colombia. As a young person, […]
Scooped Up In the Arms of God
How, as a hen gathers her chicks, a church becomes the body of Christ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen […]
My Brother
I am the fourth child born to parents who thought they stopped after the third. Mark, twenty-one months older than me, was born with multiple developmental complications. My parents assumed it would be all-consuming to care for him and the […]