Lessons from Lois

This issue of the Companion is dedicated to Paul Carlson, who gave his life in Congo fifty years ago this month. However, this column is

My Brother

I am the fourth child born to parents who thought they stopped after the third. Mark, twenty-one months older than me, was born with multiple

Food Hubs Make Good Food Accessible

Where I live, corn and soybean fields stretch for miles in all directions. The crops eventually become ingredients in everything from high fructose corn syrup

Voices: Worship and the Journey of Collaboration

MOUNT VERNON, WA (August 15, 2014) — Editor’s note: From time to time, we come across articles by Covenanters in church newsletters, individual blogs, and other

Voices: Doing a ‘New’ Thing—Still

CHICAGO, IL (August 11, 2014) — Editor’s note: 12 Years a Slave and Fruitvale Station each drew multiple awards and critical acclaim earlier this year

Teach and Love Your Children Well

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

How Many Followers Do You Have?

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