Ordinary people
The first week of April, as this issue was being finalized, my father unexpectedly entered hospice and instead of living weeks, he lived days....
A pinch of salt
While making a cheesecake for Valentine’s Day, I was surprised that the recipe called for 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Why salt, since it was...
Always winter
This past Christmas season, one of the Advent sermons at my church touched on the time between the Old and New Testaments, sometimes called...
Our cloud of witnesses
This issue (Nov/Dec 2023) celebrates the faith of those who have gone before us. The opening feature article looks at Hebrews 11, which says...
Ask, listen, chew
Writing Christian Leader news articles involves asking questions. Most of the time, questions about a ministry or event begin with words like who, what,...
Follow the leader
When associate editor Janae Rempel talked with USMB pastor Boris Borisov about serving displaced Ukrainians that have come to Spokane, Boris referred to faithfulness...
Open and shut
The graphic illustration of zippered lips and the headline, “Zip it! The power of saying less,” on the cover of the Jan. 30, 2023,...
Anxious about anxiety
Ihave been a mom for more than 30 years, and I can say with certainty that parents never stop worrying about their children, even...