By now it seems self-evident that accountability isn’t really my generation’s forte. You’ve heard it before: We want the church to change, but even if it did, we probably wouldn’t show up. We expect you to listen sensitively, but we expect to be independent …
Summer is coming, and for some that is a time for more relaxation, vacation trips perhaps. If it is also a time for extra reading, here are some books to consider …
On June 17, 1913, some 60 people, representing eight different missionary societies, met in Kikuyu, Kenya, for a landmark conversation about the future of the growing Protestant church in the region …
I finally accepted the markers of my leadership prowess this year. There has always been some way in which I experienced the groups around me spread away from me to make space for my leading …
Memorial Day was established to remember those who served and died in the armed forces. For many people, it’s a time for picnics and cookouts or just a nice day off from work. But for some, Memorial Day is anything but a nice day. If you have a loved one who died in war because of their military service, it may be a time of sadness and grief. It’s not just a day to honor veterans of long-ago wars. People today are mourning loved ones who died in the more recent wars of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In classical Greek tragedy, the driving force of the story often hinges on a conflict between two incompatible moral obligations …
An eighth-grade education, Amish faith, and farm chores don’t usually lead to urban ministry, a Ph.D. in spirituality and expertise as a church conflict mediator, but Marcus Smucker is far from what one expects. In fact, even he is surprised at where his life has led …
