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Kennel-Shank: Five names

Deonta Turner, Lemont Davis, Alandis Allison, Maurice Purnell and Juan Bahena Jr. I felt these five people’s deaths most deeply amid more than 500 fatal

Celeste Kennel-Shank

December 4, 2017

The missional nature of the Incarnation

As I enter this Christmas season, I am reminded again and again of the ways in which we have co-opted the story of the birth

Randall Koehler

December 4, 2017

Oil for our lamps

In Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25, the women get drowsy and fall asleep while waiting for the bridegroom, who is running

Rachel Stella

December 4, 2017

Longhurst: ‘A cry for home’

“Everyone needs a home — where families are safe and secure, where their basic needs are met, where they can come and go freely, and

John Longhurst

December 4, 2017

Oppose repealing the Johnson Amendment

Pastors in the USA have learned that church and state are separate. They have learned not to support candidates or a political party from the

Scot McKnight

November 30, 2017

Did the Anabaptist reformers ‘win’?

Theologian Karl Barth, a supreme definer of Christianity in the twentieth century, continues to influence Christian thinkers, notably with his admonition, “The church must always

Martin E. Marty | Religion News Service

November 29, 2017

Grow joy this Christmas

The Eternal God planted a garden in the east in Eden—a place of utter delight—and placed the man whom He had sculpted there. In this

Christine Sine

November 28, 2017

Embodying the mystery with theater in church

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Christians haven’t taken their liturgy to the theater, noted Bethel College campus pastor Peter Goerzen, but maybe they should.

Melanie Zuercher | Bethel College

November 27, 2017

Jesus on the wisdom of children

A child knows at a very deep level that he is dependent for his very survival on his parents. And the parents know that their generous love

John K. Stoner

November 27, 2017

Pounding plowshares into swords

Imagine with me — it’s a beautiful Thursday afternoon. The leaves are fallen; the air is cool and crisp. Families everywhere have gathered together for

Asher Witmer

November 22, 2017