by bruce.salmon | Jan 10, 2025 | Feature, Opinion
Near the end of last year, I received an email from the Social Security Administration advising me to log in to my account to view a new message. The message was about my retirement benefits and Medicare payments for the coming year. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the...
by Justin Cox | Jan 2, 2025 | Feature-, Opinion
Several years ago, I was talking with the spouse of a fellow minister. We discussed different ministries within our respective churches and what they might look like in upcoming years. Our back-and-forth led us down the rabbit hole: What is the future of the Church?...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature, News
A new Lifeway survey finds most pastors have limited work experience outside of ministry. Most of the pastors surveyed say their resumes include several church and ministry roles but lack experience in jobs unrelated to ministry. A third of pastors (34%) have five...
by Justin Cox | Jan 22, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Growing up in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, the possibility of snow during mid-winter was strong. If not snow, then the threat of an unpredictable ice storm from the deeper recesses of the South. Moving up with a vengeance, like a Mike Tyson uppercut,...
by Laura Stephens-Reed | Nov 16, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I was approaching college graduation and preparing for seminary when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree in the Columbine High School library on April 20, 1999. The news coverage played for days in my dorm’s lobby. It was all unfathomable: the loss...
