July August 2020

Serving in Hope

Reading Time: 2 minutesMy childhood memories of many sermons in church were from men who seemed angry about a lot of things….

On Mission . . . In Pakistan

Reading Time: 5 minutesPakistan is an Islamic country in South Asia. It shares its border with India, Afghanistan, Iran, and China, and…

Leadership in Times of Crisis

Reading Time: 4 minutesOn December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed, plunging many to their death. Investigation…

Pursuing Peace with Paul

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe New Testament often paints its greatest truths with the broadest brush strokes. From it we get the big…

No Words Needed

Reading Time: 3 minutesI can’t go in there, I thought as I turned away. The ramshackle outhouse I stood in front of…

Working Toward Harmony

Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you concerned about harmony within the church? Many of us are. How then can we be reconciled with…

Christian Peacemaking

Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the best effort of some, we live in a world fractured along ethnic, religious, political, and racial lines….

My View From Your Pew

Reading Time: 3 minutesSix months ago, my husband and I began searching for a new church home. As we visited other congregations,…

Found Faithful

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter many years of faithful service, the ambassador to a major country was fired. The problem occurred when a…

Talk the Walk

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs I’m writing, the COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the globe, impacting daily life for billions of people. If the…