Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?
By Bruce Hillman
05/09/25
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Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?

We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.
Because He Lives, He Goes With Us
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
05/08/25

Because He Lives, He Goes With Us

Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide
Seth Moorman
Seth Moorman
05/07/25

A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide

The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.

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Blake Flattley
Blake Flattley
02/01/21

Liturgy for the Unprecedented and the Ordinary

So, what do we pray? What do we say? In times of fear, in times of chaos, in unprecedented times, we pray and say the words that have been written on our hearts.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
01/26/21

Catching Jesus' Ear

As a parent listens for the cry of a hurting child, our heavenly Father waits for our cry of weal and woe.
Grant Klembara
Grant Klembara
01/25/21

Death's End according to Poet John Donne

Out of great pain and suffering often comes goodness, beauty, and truth. John Donne, born on the 22nd of January in 1573, is an excellent example of that for us in his masterful work, Death Be Not Proud.
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik
01/14/21

The Secret to Growing Your Faith

In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
01/01/21

Dominus Mortis

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
12/30/20

Inspiration from Mr. Rogers about Coping with a Pandemic

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.
Dan van Voorhis
Dan van Voorhis
12/25/20

God is not Dead nor does He Sleep: Christmas Bells in 2020

This story of despair met with the hope of the gospel is rightly told by many during the holiday season.
Kyle G. Jones
Kyle G. Jones
12/24/20

Waiting with Simeon

We’ve hung on every whisper of hope that this way of life would end and a new one would rise to take its place.
Pete Lange
Pete Lange
12/21/20

To Us a Child is Born: Prince of Peace

Christian peace is not the absence of problems, but it is the presence of God amid our pain and sorrows.
Bruce Hillman
Bruce Hillman
12/18/20

Fruitful Solitude: Thoughts About Loneliness During the Holidays

The way through loneliness will lie in the blessing of solitude and the care of God.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
12/17/20

Waiting with Hannah

Hannah’s story is the story of God’s great reversal.
Valerie Thur
Valerie Thur
12/15/20

To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
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