February 8, 2022
A faith-based design lab teaches churches how to help their communities flourish
By Emily Starbuck Gerson
When Jess Lowry was hired eight years ago as family minister at Sunset Ridge Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, she faced some...
January 7, 2020
Ministry on death and dying teaches people how to plan for the end of life
By Phillip Martin
“It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death -- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one’s death by...
September 17, 2019
A justice network equips participants to live simply, give generously
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald
In the early 2000s, Kristen Filipic had become well-established as an attorney in Boston, earning more money than ever before. But she’d started to...
March 22, 2016
A Minneapolis congregation finds new life through the ancient practice of keeping Sabbath
By Jeff Strickler
When the Rev. Kara Root came to Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church in 2008, the congregation wasn't exactly desperate. "They were already past desperate," Root...