Getting Through A Christmas of Grief
I wish I had had this book six years ago, when my mother was dying.
Thanksgiving Day: Being Grateful for Us
Generating thanks based on national myths that hide more truth than they display has no role in the worship life of Christian churches
Ramadan, A Shared Table & Following Jesus
JULY 29, 2013 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- Muslim communities around the United States are often subject to hatred, discrimination and scapegoating...
Memorial Day – Mourning Our "Enemies" Deaths
BY: MAY 27, 2013 | BY: NIKOLE MITCHELL -- On this Memorial Day, what if we not only remember American soldiers but all the soldiers around...
Eat the Turkey, not each other: How to survive Thanksgiving dinner
BY: MARTY TROYER -- There’s more to look forward to this Thanksgiving dinner than a second slice of pecan pie when...
RE-Membering Memorial Day
Remember…
…that life is a gift. To call it a gift is to imply that we did not earn it. Life is grace. Peace preserves life. So on this Memorial Day weekend we remember that God’s intention for this world is sha...
Chinese Christmas: Always Winter and Never Christmas
In mainland China, at least in 1999, they didn’t celebrate – or even acknowledge – Christmas. The lingering brutal winters fit that line from “The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” where Narnia is describe...
A Faith-Full Labor Day Weekend
Socrates famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living. Sometimes I wonder if the Church that fails to robustly examine the life's challenges in light of faith is a church worth having.
Let's be...