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Article An Only Child
- By Kerri Wyatt Kent
- Posted on February 6th, 2013
"Look, I myself will be with you every day until the end of this present age." (Jesus, in Matthew 28:20) Patti and Bruce, feeling a tug from Jesus, welcomed a four-year-old…
Article Handling Media in a Crisis
- By Rebecca Wilson and Jim Naughton
- Posted on January 15th, 2013
Often the best opportunity to speak faithfully in the media comes when something goes badly wrong and it is the church’s fault. You have the media’s attention, and you …
Article Struck Down—But Don't Ever Count Me Out
- By Sherry L. Daniels
- Posted on December 27th, 2012
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor…
Article Post-Election Day Devotion
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on October 29th, 2012
With Election Day on a Tuesday, Wednesday night meals and programs at church provide an excellent opportunity to pray together for unity, for peace, for wisdom for newly elected…
Article Learning to Tell Bible Stories
- By Michael Williams
- Posted on October 29th, 2012
A Self-Directed Workshop 1. Read the story aloud at least twice. You may choose to read the translation included here or the one you are accustomed to reading. I recommend that…
Article Speaking of Dying
- By Fred B. Craddock
- Posted on October 3rd, 2012
Why can we not talk honestly and openly about dying, in our churches and in the surrounding world? The preeminence of medical science and advanced technology, which have led to…