Butterflies and Mudslides
It’s pouring outside my window— that kind of rare, steady rain that has every sign of settling in for the duration. Rainy days like this
It’s pouring outside my window— that kind of rare, steady rain that has every sign of settling in for the duration. Rainy days like this
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.
Gary Walter is president of the Evangelical Covenant Church. [divider type=”dotted”] One challenge for a monthly column is timeliness. Given lead time, a piece might
Have you ever noticed that every month, most shelter magazines feature one or two articles about getting organized? It used to be the big January
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
I love the insects that populate my backyard. I’m not above plopping down on the grass and peering closely to watch a bumblebee browse the
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
The category “moral injury” is not yet recognized as an official diagnosis in the 2013 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American
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
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