The stunning ‘pause’ forced upon our modern world places an unprecedented challenge before the church: How do we remain faithful to God’s glorious dream of Shalom-making in the midst of a world in crisis?
Finding Peace in a Time of Pandemic
The Volcano in Your Backyard: The High Cost of Not Knowing Your Own Story
No one plans on a volcanic eruption in their backyard, but they’re more common than you think. Especially when there are so many unseen forces at work in the depths of our worldview. Just ask Jeannie and Kevin about their honeymoon…
The Science of Stress and How Our Emotions Affect Our Susceptibility to Burnout and Disease, by Maria Popova
How your memories impact your immune system, why moving is one of the most stressful life-events, and what your parents have to do with your predisposition to PTSD.
The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail, by Christena Cleveland, PhD
It’s relatively easy to see the suffering Christ in black men who are already dead and aren’t threatening to hurt anyone. But can you see the suffering Christ in violent responses to injustice? Can you see the cross in the Molotov cocktail?
C.S. Lewis on True Friendship, by Maria Popova
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which gave value to survival.” -C.S. Lewis
5 Ways Churches Can Better Connect with Millennials, by David Kinnaman
College students and ‘twentysomethings’ who stay connected to a local church are twice as likely to have had a close personal friendship with an adult inside the church.