The 3 Pledges Every Christian Child Should Remember
As I get older, I find more and more memories coming back that I had long since forgotten had ever existed
Opinion
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Think it’s the end times? Think about this
How are you dealing with the turmoil and uncertainty of these days? For some, this is a theological question. Some see the clear imprint of the End Times in our current events. Maybe so. We should always be ready to walk outside and see Jesus coming on the clouds of heaven.
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It’s Ever Given for Greed to Crash
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on the Ever Given container ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal. And he connects this modern parable to biblical stories about Egyptian pharaohs and other rulers seeking more wealth and power.
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7 ‘old-fashioned’ church growth ideas to consider today
As I think back across 40 years of full-time ministry, I’m reminded of some older ways we did church then that could still work today.
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10 creative ways to make this Easter the most memorable
Check out this list for a few of our favorite ideas to make this Easter the most meaningful and memorable ever.
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The Church has solutions for post-Covid education
Education is in crisis. Teachers, students, parents all know it; anyone with even a tenuous connection to the education system knows it.
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A Lenten meditation on cancel culture
Cancel culture eats away at all these things, throwing forgiveness out the window in the process. Cancel culture is reminiscent of those ancient statues of snakes in the process of eating themselves in a circle.
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COVID-19 and resilient women: New Bible research suggests hope on the rebound
As a working mom of one with another baby on the way, Women’s History Month has resonated differently for me this year.
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What Mormons have right
At age fifteen, my parents divorced, I moved from my childhood home to an apartment with my father Every semblance of my former life was over Even my Methodist church, where I d gone since a baby, ...
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Which Cloud of Witnesses?
Editor Brian Kaylor reflects on the painting behind Georgia Governor Brian Kemp during the signing ceremony for a new law making it harder for people to exercise their right to vote.
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Succession readiness: Why your succession plan matters now more than ever
One feeling that is uniting all pastors after 2020: exhaustion. Consequently, 2020 has caused a lot of pastors to consider stepping down years before they had planned.
