by Preston Clegg | Mar 13, 2013 | Opinion
“Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted.” — Matthew 5:4 Lately, this verse has taken hold of me for reasons I don’t fully understand. Maybe it’s because I’ve participated in two funerals recently, and at both we...
by Bill Wilson | Mar 12, 2013 | Opinion
Two of the more important words for a congregation to ponder in the 21st century are “resistant” and “resilient.” Which of those two words better describe your congregation – and you – may well determine whether your congregation is viable in...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 12, 2013 | Opinion
“The poor will always be with you.” This somewhat dismal proclamation first appears in Deuteronomy 15 and is repeated in Matthew 26. These are weighty sources, so is it true that poverty must always exist? Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and winner...
by Reggie Warren | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion
In the interest of best serving small to medium churches, I go to great lengths to build bridges with all constituencies, some with whom I vehemently disagree. Toward that end, I attended a men’s conference in Richmond, Va., with a group from the church I was...
by Naomi King Walker | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion
I was 12; my brother was 8. We rarely got along. We lived in a big house, which my family had converted into a mission chapel in Grand Island, N.Y. Sometimes, my brother and I played together – or tolerated each other, at least – for a while. “War” was an...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Mar 11, 2013 | Opinion
In the spate of 12 days in October 2009, I read in the newspapers of the death – presumed suicide – of four migrant domestic workers. The workers were either Nepalese or Ethiopian. Upon the fourth death, I went online and opened a blog that I depressingly (and without...
