Parents and grandparents, this column is for you. Dads and grandpas in particular. The Bible stresses the importance of family in transferring faith from generation

At the behest of our executive director of communications, Ed Gilbreath, I began to tweet recently. I’m already up to a few hundred followers and

Borrowing from our friends at Sesame Street, this month’s column is brought to you by the word “repristinate.” Retired Covenant pastor and superintendent John Notehelfer

As we enter April, we are in the season of Lent, leading up to Easter near the end of this month. Many churches in the

Our Annual Meeting each June is more than a business meeting. We do gather to make important decisions around the mission we share, but we

My dad turned ninety last month. He is in remarkable health, a picture of fitness, playing tennis every day. Indeed, in 2014 there is a

What do the following letters spell? Godisnowhere. Some will say, “God is nowhere.” But the exact same sequence of letters can be read as, “God

Communication comes with no guarantees. A message sent does not necessarily equate a message received. I quip that a pastor will say to me, “How

I arrived early to speak at Modesto Covenant Church in the central valley of California, parking a distance down the street to review my notes.