Throughout the history of the Covenant Church there have been defining moments that have carried this movement to new levels of faithfulness and fruitfulness. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses whose legacy of vision, sacrifice, and priority […]
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Moving Beyond a Sentimental Peace
Steve Norman is the lead pastor of the Troy, Michigan, campus of Kensington Church an independent congregation. He blogs at stevenorman.org. What does it mean to take the angels’ Christmas proclamation seriously? I’m not a huge fan of Christmas cards. […]
Facing the Christmas Confusion
Bob Anderson is senior pastor of Redeemer Covenant Church in Orangevale, California. What happens when God’s miracle breaks through our expectations? The great American preacher Howard Thurman once said, “Christmas is a mood, a quality, a symbol. It is never […]
Sharing My Green Convictions
Are you kidding?” I said, dumbfounded. “No! I take home all my recycling from Mom and Dad’s,” my friend Angie told me. I could almost see the green flames snapping behind her pupils. “They won’t recycle it, so I just […]
Means of the Heart
November is stewardship month in many Covenant congregations. As church budget committees begin to sift through priorities for the year ahead, it is timely for church members to also think deeply about personal commitments around investing in the work of […]
The Divine Work of Wasting Time
Steve Wong is pastor of Grace Community Covenant Church in Los Altos, California. Reflections on reorganizing the way we live together I think my daughter’s hamster just died. Actually, it may have died a couple of days ago, but no […]
The Leap from Polar Bears to Plastic
The Indianapolis Children’s Museum has the well-deserved reputation for being the finest example of its kind in the world. I take my kids there several times a year to see the six-story glass tower, Fireworks of Glass, designed by artist […]
Chi and the Rhythm of Life with God
This column is brought to you by the Greek letter chi. Chi is the easiest letter in the Greek alphabet to recognize because it looks just like an X. It is also the first letter in the Greek spelling for […]
The Vista Sisters’ Fruitful Mission
In retirement, two sisters were looking for a way to connect to their community. They discovered a way to make a difference in the world. Bleak. That was the word that sprang to mind for twenty-six-year-old Virginnia Swenson when she […]
A Refuge in Iowa
Set in the rolling hills of eastern Iowa, Postville seemed like a slice of heaven. The town of 2,400 was surprisingly diverse — by one estimation, as many as twenty-seven different cultures were living and working side by side, including […]