Stories & News

Jelani Greenidge

The Kitchen Where Work Is Prayer

How Covenant pastor and church planter Alex Song went from addiction and a Korean monastery to opening a community kitchen in Windsor, Ontario, where they feed neighbors, train teenagers, and create spaces of belonging.

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Two Camps, One Centennial

Mission Springs and Covenant Point celebrate their 100th birthdays this year. From scrappy, faith-fueled beginnings, both ministries have become enduring places where generations of Covenant kids encounter God in creation, community, and a kind of holy foolishness.

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Here I Play My Ebenezer

A bass guitar belonging to a grieving teenager decades ago makes an impossible journey home, becoming a marker of healing for two pastors still carrying wounds from their shared past.

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Beginning with What She Already Had

Rev. Carmen Quinche’s call to ministry unfolds through everyday opportunities to serve—growing from local community care into international leadership, where she equips Spanish-speaking churches to pursue healing, safety, and faithful witness.

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Finding Opportunity in the Rubble

After a massive ceiling beam collapsed inside Paxton Covenant Church, Pastor Keith Reuther reflects on a narrow miss, an outpouring of community support, and the unexpected opportunity for witness and growth in the midst of disruption.

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Requiem for a Nation

Using Pluribus as a lens, Jelani Greenidge reflects on confusion, anger, and humility, inviting readers to reconsider how we see both ourselves and those we struggle to understand.

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Presence Over Platitudes

In a candid conversation, Lisa Orris reflects on her own grief journey and invites the church to move beyond clichés toward communities marked by presence, honesty, and the freedom to mourn without pressure to fix, perform, or “get better.”

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Choosing a Lane: Education and Justice in the Covenant

After touring Capital Preparatory Charter School in the Bronx during the Covenant Justice Conference, Jelani Greenidge explores education through the lens of justice, gathering reflections from Covenant educators on the many “lanes” families navigate in pursuit of thriving students.

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