by Luke Emerson | Oct 24, 2025 | Opinion
In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus gives us one of the most well-known parables in all of scripture. He tells us about a father and his two sons. The younger son asks for his share of his father’s inheritance, runs off and squanders the money. He eventually returns home to his...
by Craig Nash | Oct 23, 2025 | Opinion
On May 29, 2022, I found myself in Jerusalem with a group of U.S. tourists, surrounded by thousands of young Israelis marching in the street with their country’s flag draped over their shoulders and flying in the air above the crowd. They were celebrating Jerusalem...
by Justin Cox | Oct 22, 2025 | Opinion
There are a few truths for a minister in congregational life: A bedside visitation will do more for you than a three-point sermon. If you encounter the demonic, it will likely come from a copy machine or a choir member. A casserole dish is more useful than a stole....
by Robin Drake | Oct 22, 2025 | Opinion
Sports chaplaincy, in its current form, differs significantly from other forms of chaplaincy. Unlike medical or military chaplains, sports chaplains are not bound by the same professional rules or ethical guidelines. With no official body overseeing the field, there...
by Geneece Goertzen | Oct 22, 2025 | Opinion
As we approach the end of another Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I sincerely hope pastors, ministers, clergy members, chaplains, and other faith leaders—both paid and lay—have engaged with some form of abuse-awareness content. I also hope this is not just a...
by Craig Nash | Oct 21, 2025 | Opinion
Few sources are more instructive about the modern Republican Party than the now-infamous interview Lee Atwater gave for Alexander Lamis’ 1988 book, The Two-Party South. Lamis didn’t name his source, but after Atwater died in 1991, The Nation magazine published the...
