At a recent gathering of leaders from several denominations, I was asked to talk on “what makes a denomination a denomination.” In other words, if

Papal transitions have two points of public anticipation: first, who it will be, and then, what name will that person choose. The point of taking

Mother’s Day is this month. Not every woman is a mother, but every mother is a woman so let me use this occasion to give

A study on Protestant denominations was recently released based on figures compiled by Association of Religion Data Archives. It tracked attendance growth and decline for

It is hard to grasp that the mere act of reading this column could get you ostracized, arrested, tortured, or killed. But the reality is,

I find myself still sighing deeply over the massacre of innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Societally, we have gone through a

Somebody once said the best book of theology many will ever read is a hymnal. That means some of the best theologians who have ever

Every model of car I have ever owned is no longer being manufactured, including the seven-year-old vehicle I currently drive. Indeed, I got a good

I just returned from Taiwan, where Curt Peterson (our executive minister of world mission) and I were among some 5,000 people gathered at the National

Recently in this column I introduced the theme we are using extensively throughout the Covenant: found faithful. I believe it is the core desire we