by Jerrod Hugenot | Jun 24, 2016 | Opinion
The word “risk” carries differing meanings for congregations. Appropriately, churches need to talk honestly and always about the need for “risk management,” particularly as congregations must have processes that protect minors from abuse and...
by James Gordon | Jan 8, 2014 | Opinion
“Our minds are constantly trying to bring God down to our level rather than letting him lift us into levels of which we were not previously capable.” I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with that statement even before I finished reading it. I then...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 24, 2013 | Opinion
Thomas Friedman begins his book, “Hot, Flat and Crowded,” with a story about the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Before 9/11, the consulate was located “in the Palazzo Corpi, a grand and distinctive old building in the heart of the city’s...