Faithfulness Over Influence
A spy series about performing for unseen watchers got Jelani Greenidge thinking about how we perform our faith.
Jelani Greenidge
July 27, 2026
A spy series about performing for unseen watchers got Jelani Greenidge thinking about how we perform our faith.
For ten years, North Park University campus pastor Terence Gadsden has been building a culture of belonging—one 5 a.m. practice at a time. This spring, students noticed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unite is coming to Lincoln, Nebraska! In July 2027, Covenant youth will gather for worship, discipleship, and community in a catalytic, denomination-wide event.
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.
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.
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.”
