Articles

Article Distilling Stillness
- By Kirk Byron Jones
- Posted on May 8th, 2013
Why Stillness Makes Me Weep I am used to it now: crying during my morning times of stillness. It doesn't happen all the time; when it does I just let the tears come. Why do I…
Article Loss and Change in Rural America
- By Alex Joyner
- Posted on May 7th, 2013
Fluttering in the Wind Mary Lucier wants you to feel life on the Great Plains. In her mixed-media art installation entitled Plains of Sweet Regret, she uses five screens in a…
Article Mother's Day Worship: Plan with Sensitivity
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on May 6th, 2013
Mother’s Day is one of the unofficial “high holy days” of the church calendar. Like Christmas and Easter, the second Sunday in May often brings in visitors the…
Article Call No One Profane (Acts 11:1-18)
- By Douglas E. Wingeier
- Posted on May 6th, 2013
In Acts 10–11, Luke introduces Cornelius as a pious Gentile centurion who had a vision from God telling him to send for Peter who could offer a message that would save him…
Article Should We Have a Second Campaign?
- By J. Clif Christopher
- Posted on May 3rd, 2013
Yesterday, I got a call from a minister who wanted to talk about what to expect from a follow-up campaign. His church was finishing up a campaign that added a significant addition …
Article Including All Families
- By John Hill and Nancy Speas Hill
- Posted on May 2nd, 2013
“Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still. Let this be our song, no one stands alone. Standing side by side, draw the circle wide, draw the circle wide.” –Mark…