The standing name for this column has been “Compass Bearings.” The metaphor may be lost on a GPS generation, but the imagery hearkens to the old seafaring maxim “Whoever has the discipline of the compass has the freedom of the seas.” When we have tools for navigation, we progress on course, even in the face of heavy seas or tricky currents that could otherwise cause perilous drift.
In my service at Covenant Offices over the past twenty-seven years in three different roles, I have had a front-row seat watching this fellowship move from being a small obscure denomination wondering about its missional impact to being a small obscure denomination that fights above its weight class. […]
The Minneapolis-based hardcore band Household began playing concerts in their basements […]
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
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
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
