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By: Charity Kroeker | January 30, 2013
To Pastor Greg, From Lakedale Community Elder Board To Pastor Greg (Dad), From your daughter Shepherd, Instructor, Director. Father, lead in righteousness. Read, teach, command. We have gone astray. Father, take the hand of the people.
The Seed of the Woman Will Be Victorious
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | October 30, 2012
The tears of those who love us gently water the cheeks of the earth. Another beautiful bloom turns into a wrinkled seed, they lament. Ah, a premature death, A premature life, Why must it be so?
Prisca and Aquila
By: William David Spencer | July 31, 2012
Jewels come in unexpected settings. Take Corinth in ancient Greece: more rock than mineral. Rocks piled into rude temples to designer gods. Rocks hewn out with curved grooves where heads were laid so necks could be severed. Rocks scattered down, a Roman highway to bring in refugees from across the world. Rocks propped up for [...]
Spirit of Pentecost
By: J. R. Daniel Kirk | June 6, 2012
Joshua wasn’t sure how far things should go. He liked that Moses led. He liked standing guard while Moses entered the tent and served as mediator. He didn’t like it when Moses’ ground was encroached upon. But Moses had a different vision: “A young man ran and told Moses, ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in [...]
Mariah
By: Jennifer Stewart Fueston | April 30, 2012
When I saw my cousin again, I had walked all day, my ankles swollen like my feet. Her bright eyes made my journey worth it.
Joanna Cotton
By: Jason Eden | April 30, 2012
In 1664, a young Puritan minister named John Cotton Jr. was found guilty of “lascivious unclean practices with three women.”1 Mr. Cotton was a Harvard graduate, a descendant of well-respected parents, and a husband and father. As a punishment for his sinful deeds, English officials in Massachusetts forced Cotton to give up his pastorate of [...]
"Is this not the Messiah?"
By: Guest Author | April 13, 2012
Of all the literature produced by the early Syrian church, the most prized was composed by Ephrem the Syrian, often called "The Harp of the Holy Spirit". One of his hymns memorialises the faith of the Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at the well and sent forth as a missionary (see John 4)
Reflect with Us: Little Words. Big Sins.
By: Jo Ellen Heil | March 5, 2012
A social radical, Jesus ate with outcasts (tax collectors, prostitutes), spoke directly to the disabled and healed them, welcomed children, and included both women and men among his closest followers.
Common Wedding Colors
By: Joel Boehner | January 30, 2012
Another white bread and red wine wedding walks the well-worn path down the white petal-softened red carpet aisle.
An Open Letter to Women in Seminary
By: Kyle Roberts | January 4, 2012
Dear Friends, Seminary can be a mixed bag for women. You likely encounter a confusing blend of support, apathy, and even downright hostility—perhaps all in a single day. I can’t imagine how tough that must be to navigate. I will never forget a female student who, after a class discussion on the theology of gender [...]