How Long Should We Pray?

How Long Should We Pray?

Editor’s Note: The following appears in the November/December issue of Nurturing Faith Journal. In 2025, the publication will receive a new look and name – Good Faith Magazine, which will be free for all Good Faith Advocates. When a church member has cancer, the...
Americans Split on Ukraine Support

Americans Split on Ukraine Support

On Monday, the Biden administration announced a new lethal aid support package for Ukraine for $1.7 billion. This occurs as Americans remain split on continued U.S. financial support. Almost half (48%) of Americans believe the U.S. has a responsibility to continue...
New Year’s Wish #1: End the Wars Now

New Year’s Wish #1: End the Wars Now

As the New Year begins, I want to be candid and straightforward. The following statements are mine and mine alone.  With that stated, let me start by saying the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East need to stop now—not a ceasefire for a brief period—but an all-out...
2024: On Dread, Hope and the Need for Prophets

2024: On Dread, Hope and the Need for Prophets

In the circles we run in, it seems the close of every year since, oh, let’s say 2016, has been met with a sigh of relief. To quote Merle Haggard, we have felt, “If we make it through December, we’ll be fine.”  It doesn’t quite feel that way with this approaching new...