Monthly Archives: August 2014

Thoughts On The Timing Of HSLDA’s “Line In The Sand” Statement

August 29, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

We home schooled our children from 1992–2004. During those years, home schooling was not yet mainstream. Like many other families worried about running afoul of truancy laws, we paid our yearly dues to the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)…

Spiritual Formation

40+ And The Church / The Sermon Zone

August 26, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

At a social event last weekend, I ran into C., a woman I used to know when our kids were young. C. and her family were long-time, active members of a well-known megachurch in our area. Her nest had been…

“Failure Is A Beautiful Gift Wrapped In An Ugly Package”

August 21, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

I remember seeing an announcement a few years ago for the first Epic Fail pastors gathering, and wondering if the idea was an Onion-inspired joke. No pastors I knew – and I knew a lot of them from my time…

Marriage and Family

A few places I’m showing up…

August 21, 2014 Gillian Marchenko

A few places I’m showing up… I wanted to make sure you know about a few places I’m showing up these days both online and in print. About Down syndrome I have an article up at Today’s Christian Woman called…

Church and Ministry

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

August 20, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

An interview with Dominique Gilliard “We must face the fact that in America, the church is still the most segregated major institution in America. At 11:00 on Sunday morning when we stand and sing and Christ has no east or…

Church and Ministry

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

August 20, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

Church and Ministry

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

August 20, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

Church and Ministry

Multiculturalism Beyond Photo Ops and Potlucks

August 20, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

An interview with reconciliation scholar Dominique Gilliard. Dominique DuBois Gilliard is a pastor at New Hope Covenant Church in Oakland, California. He is also a board member of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and director of racial reconciliation pilgrimages…

In The Cross-Hairs Of Middle Eastern Current Events

August 17, 2014 Michelle Van Loon

“All’s fair in love and war” the old saying goes, but true love is focused on the good of the other and filters itself accordingly. During the past few hundred years, Western civilizations fought their wars in the name of…

Church and Ministry

John Perkins: The Sin of Racism Made Ferguson Escalate So Quickly

August 15, 2014 Amy Julia Becker

The Christian civil rights leader responds to the shooting death of Michael Brown. Five days after the start of this series, on August 9, St. Louis police shot and killed an unarmed 18-year-old black man named Michael Brown. Police said…

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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Thoughts On The Timing Of HSLDA’s “Line In The Sand” Statement

40+ And The Church / The Sermon Zone

“Failure Is A Beautiful Gift Wrapped In An Ugly Package”

A few places I’m showing up…

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

?Reconciling Is a Sacrificial Endeavor?

Multiculturalism Beyond Photo Ops and Potlucks

In The Cross-Hairs Of Middle Eastern Current Events

John Perkins: The Sin of Racism Made Ferguson Escalate So Quickly

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