Our best immediate response is to hold everyone involved — both victims and first responders — in prayer. | more »
Andrew Borden

Contact

It’s a good thing that touch isn’t the only way we communicate and provide reassurance or we’d all be in trouble. | more »
Megan Rohrer

The Mary experience

It is Mary’s story that most reminds me of the bravely awkward teenagers of today. | more »
Laura Mills

The emptying and the filling up

This year has filled me with so many things that I didn’t know I was missing. I have been filled with hospitality, insight, knowledge, wonder, questions — oh, the questions. | more »
Joe McGarry

D is for devotions

To have some time each and every day — to put aside whatever is going on and to read Scripture, pray, journal and reflect on my faith is powerful. | more »
Brian Beckstrom

Called to witness, not judge

Eventually it came out that this is a big issue for our students who are struggling with what it means to be a “witness” for Jesus in a diverse world. | more »
If you’re trying to go somewhere, get from here to there, a straightforward, readable map is exactly what you need. | more »
“We're going to send them [the police] as soon as we get a car open,” said the dispatcher. Amanda Berry replied, “No, I need them now before he gets back.” | more »
Pamela Czarnota

More than a makeover. Made new!

As broken but loved people, as humans who have been saved by the gospel, we still maintain the capacity for messing up our lives. | more »
Kristin Berkey-Abbott

Transforming the sanctuary

Maybe we don't know how to decorate for Pentecost, the way we do for Christmas. It's great to change the paraments to red. But we could do so much more. | more »
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