What Every Campus Needs Is a Little Provocation

The street preacher is back at school today. He gathers a crowd at the center of things. He clutches his Bible and shakes his fist and declares that every sinner is bound for hell. “Have you been fornicating?” he asks students on their way to class....

When Seeing a Need is Hearing a Call

Chautauqua Lake shares her famous name with the institution nestled along her southern shore deep into southwest New York. It is a Victorian-style village that for more than a century has been the epitome of inspiration, education and relaxation for summer visitors....

The Bible Is a Man’s Book

The Bible is a man’s book. How can a book “of the men” and “by the men” be anything other than “for the men”? Moses, David, Jesus and Paul are a few men whose stories fill the biblical text. Women like Rebecca, Esther and Mary...

Quakers Celebrate 350 Years of History

Drive an hour southwest of Knoxville, Tenn., and you come to a community with an interesting name: Friendsville. The name is not intended as a description of the people. Rather it connects them with an international network of Christians called the Society of Friends...