The Politics of Christmas Will O'Brien December 6, 2017 Church Life, General, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology 12 Far from the quaint Hallmark card version of the crèche scene that is foisted on us each year, Luke’s Christmas story is a call to allegiance.
The Gospel, and Immigration Crisis, According to the Grinch Morf Morford July 23, 2014 General, Immigration & Refugees 52 JULY 23, 2014 | BY: MORF MORFORD -- Fans of the Dr. Seuss Christmas special are familiar with the Grinch whose heart was two...
The Nativity, The Incarnate God, and Why I Am A Christian Yaholo Hoyt December 25, 2013 Church Life, General, Theology 5 DEC 25, 2013 | BY: YAHOLO HOYT -- The reality of the Nativity is so alien and awkward to our view of the world, we feel compelled to...
Five Ways to De-Commercialize Christmas Christian Piatt December 25, 2013 Family and Parenting, General 1 DEC 25, 2013 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- We’ve created a Christmas monster: a grotesque assemblage of pagan, Christian and capitalist...
Is It Possible to Celebrate Christmas and the Birth of Jesus on the Same Day? Jon Huckins December 18, 2013 Church Life, General 7 DEC 18, 2013 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- There is certainly a warm, nostalgic feeling about the Christmas season. Social media fills up with...
Missing the Message Kathy Vestal December 17, 2013 Church Life, General 10 DEC 17, 2013 | BY: KATHY VESTAL -- The message of the baby in the manger is one of spreading love, mending the broken, comforting...
Les Misérables: Valjean or Javert? Katelin Hansen January 24, 2013 Church Life, General 9 BY: KATELIN HANSEN -- The story of Les Misérables follows Jean Valjean who, having spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread...
Incarnation – Can Anything Good Come from a Crisis Pregnancy? Morf Morford December 23, 2012 Church Life, General, Theology 5 BY: MORF MORFORD -- Can anything good come out of Nazareth? The Gospels ask. Can anything come out of a crisis pregnancy...
Goodbye Santa! Hello St. Nick! Or, how many slaves work for you? Marty Troyer December 22, 2012 Church Life, General 3 BY: MARTY TROYER -- There are more slaves in the world today than at any other time in human history. On December...
Bethlehem: Then and Now Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb December 3, 2012 General, Global 105 BY: REV. DR. MITRI RAHEB -- Bethlehem has become almost a mythological place: Children imagine it with a...