by Mary Elizabeth Hanchey | Apr 15, 2020 | Opinion
Being the church when the world is crumbling requires speaking comfort. When the world is crumbling, everything is harder than it should be. Routines become more complicated. Chores become more stressful. Sometimes, tasks are simply more difficult because of external...
by Mary Elizabeth Hanchey | Apr 9, 2020 | Opinion
To say that “being the church” is a topic of debate is generous. There are as many streams of thoughts – raging rapids, in fact, on the topic, as there are about parenting or healthy eating or what makes good barbecue. Certainty abounds among those who proclaim what...
by Mary Elizabeth Hanchey | Mar 30, 2020 | Opinion
On this the Bible is unmistakably clear: One should not test God. COVID-19 provides fodder for some of the heaviest theological and ethical questions: Why does God allow suffering? Are some lives more valuable than others? To us? To God? What values govern our...
