by Patty Parker | Nov 23, 2022 | Blog
My father passed away twelve years ago this month. My relationship with him—both living and in the time since his death—has proved a most rigorous lesson in forgiveness. Just as grief comes in waves, unforgiveness knocks us down unexpectedly and repeatedly....
by Wade Berry | May 5, 2021 | Faith & Heritage, Scripture
You shall not murder. – Exodus 20:13 I was recently offered the opportunity to teach a Bible lesson on Exodus 19-20 at my church, so I have been thinking a lot lately about the Ten Commandments. In particular, I have been thinking about the verse I have quoted...
by Greg Tomlin | Apr 16, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
As Christians, we make much of eternal life—rightly so. By his death on the cross, Christ has atoned for our sins. By his resurrection, he has conquered death. We now approach this world, with its trials and tribulations, with the knowledge sin is no longer our...
by Karl Fickling | Oct 11, 2018 | Leadership, Ministry, Op-Ed
As I write this, I’m two days away from burying my Uncle Don. He’s the last of his generation. All four of his siblings, including my mother, and all their spouses, are already gone. Some are long gone. Don was hardly the one we thought would live the longest. He was...
by Wade Berry | Oct 16, 2017 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
I am a member of Generation X. People do not talk about us very much anymore. After all, the Millennials are much more numerous, and the Digitals (many people call them Generation Z or the iGeneration) are the newest, hottest thing. But twenty years ago, all the...
