Articles

Article Modern Day Persecution
- By Kevin Baker
- Posted on May 18th, 2011
With the click of a button, we can read about what is happening across the globe or across our own street without ever having to leave the comforts of home. Yet there is a great…
Article Serving with Our Talents and Resources
- By Carol Cartmill
- Posted on May 18th, 2011
Every person is born with natural talents, whether for athletics, music, arithmetic, mechanics, or something else altogether. Talents are those abilities that seem to “come…
Article 5 Questions to Unpack a Bible Passage
- By Ron Edmondson
- Posted on May 16th, 2011
Someone asked me recently how I address a Bible passage in order to teach about it. I certainly don’t claim to be an expert, but I do have a system. Of…
Article From Stewardship to Generosity
- By Robert Schnase
- Posted on May 16th, 2011
A few years ago, I had the privilege of speaking at a training seminar at a large United Methodist church. My host was on staff at the church, and he described how he had recently …
Article Those Elusive Baby Boomers
- By Missy Buchanan
- Posted on May 16th, 2011
Not long ago I sat in a church reception area waiting for an appointment. I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between two church volunteers. They were active senior…
Article Visual Arts Bring Life to Worship
- By Karla M. Kincannon
- Posted on May 15th, 2011
“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” St. Francis of Assisi, author of this saying, was a master at proclaiming the gospel in creative ways…