As a 30-something high school English teacher in the late 1970s, Marlene Kropf had a revelation during a Sunday morning worship service that changed the trajectory of her life …

A conversation with a contemporary Martha and Mary One afternoon I was prompted to take my laptop and work at a local coffee shop. Actually

I am a pastor, and it is my habit to reserve Fridays to prepare for Sundays. I look forward to Fridays. On Fridays, I clear

The example of Thomas helps us be honest in our relationship with God. Next to Peter, Thomas is my favorite disciple. Why? Because he's so

Have we lost our passion for the unchurched? Our Anabaptist forefathers quoted the Great Commission more than any other Scripture. This was their driving force.

Haitian brothers and sisters have much to teach us about faith, generosity, gratefulness, grace and Easter. Three months after the earthquake, Haitians were still sleeping

“My world was turned upside-down,” says Tony Brown—who found himself the only African-American in he classroom as an 8-year-old in 1956. However, the school superintendent took Tony to other classrooms to sing …