With the kind of winter we are STILL experiencing, there are a lot of good reasons to look ahead to spring. For many of us, the onset of spring is marked and highlighted by the celebration of the feast of Easter. There are many outward signs that make Easter so joyful to so many and […]

“Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple…” (Mark 11:11) When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a colt to accomplish what he was born to do, he was embodying the greatest upstaging the world had ever witnessed, and it forever changed the world. Jesus knew what was ahead of Him. It was to be the […]

It is fascinating to watch the trends among congregations as they start to regather with COVID-19 beginning to fade. Some of the trends are really good. For example, we are seeing more churches now receptive, if not savvy, to technological developments than any point we can recall. Also, we are beginning to see a resurgence…

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Mission Without Conquest: An Alternative Missionary Practice Almost sixty years ago, the Mennonite missionary team working in the Argentine Chaco decided to look for ways to be effective in their ministry while being faithful to Jesus’ lifestyle and teaching. They left behind paternalistic models and “conquering” methods and were liberated from the mindset of forming […]

About 3 weeks ago we were talking about the revival in Delbarton, WV. and I wrote to a religious news editor in that area. It took him awhile to get back to me but here it is. “Yes it has made an impact in our area and other counties in Southern WV, Eastern Ky. The […]

Growing up as an evangelical Christian, I experienced Lent as little more than a joke. “What are you giving up for Lent?” my friends would ask. “Homework,” I’d say with a smirk, or “Obeying my parents.” Lent was one of those peculiar practices demanded of Roman Catholics – another great reason to be Protestant, I   Read More …

(CNN) — Hurricane Sandy churned over eastern Cuba early Thursday as a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph, slipping a bit in strength since making landfall, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Along the U.S. East Coast, residents were told to be wary headed into the weekend. Sandy claimed a pair of lives before […]