When Christ spoke about helping the poor in ancient Palestine, he was talking about poverty levels and conditions similar to those of many people living in the Dominican Republic today. Loving our neighbors in this very poor country, with a mix...
“We are all just walking each other home.” This quote from Ram Dass speaks to a key role of the church: we support each other on our faith journeys. But what if you’ve had negative experiences of church or people who claim to be religious?...
You’ve heard the saying: “You can’t understand unless you’ve been there.” You apply it to sports, to stressful situations, but have you applied it to understanding the Bible? Actually being where events in the Bible occurred can make Christ’s...
Parents of teenagers often joke that God makes teenagers hard to live with just so you’re happy to see them leave for college! The truth is that having a child leave home is hard; hard for the child, and even harder for the parents. Here’s some...
It’s easy to look at abject poverty and want to pass by. But God’s love flourishes in the most unusual of places – sometimes under the canopy of a tree in the poorest of countries, where this microfinance team discovered it being cultivated.
As people of faith, as people of Scripture, as followers of Jesus, and as a church whose mission it is to help people become deeply devoted followers of Christ, we recognize that any expressions of white supremacy are sinful and wholly...
Is debt keeping you from living in peace? Sometimes it’s hard to get back on track if you’re working under the burden of a mountain of debt, but there is hope.
I can't wait to be back in worship with all of you this weekend. I have had some wonderful time away, but I always miss our church! Thank you so much for allowing Ashley and me to have such quality time with our family throughout July.
