Amid pandemic, a much-needed reminder that church is worth it
Joseph P. Conway’s “Broken but Beautiful — Why Church Is Still Worth It” begins with sobering statistics about the decline of church attendance and church…
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I hate masks!
I am tired of facemasks. I hate the way they fog my glasses. I hate how they make it harder to breathe, to speak, to…
Hope in an unlikely place: Israel’s ‘Hotel Corona’
Protests. Pandemic. Injustice. Enraged. Outraged. Just ... rage. And masks. In 2020, the last place I expected to find any kind of model for “how…
Uncle Sam pays some church salaries
For three decades, Ray Holmes worshiped with the Pitman Road Church of Christ in Sewell, N.J. An accountant for nonprofit organizations his entire career, Holmes…
Why Texas minister talked to me — and only me — about deadly church shooting
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — A few minutes after noon Sunday, my iPhone started pinging with messages from friends, alerting me to a shooting at the…
Book focuses on helping leaders become peacemakers
Many church leaders find themselves in the middle of squabbles. Sometimes they must try to promote healing after there has been grave damage done to…
