Our six-month journey as perpetual church visitors
We did not set out to be perpetual visitors. In August 2017, after resigning from a church staff position, my husband and I set...
Life on mission
There is little chance that anyone who has chosen to be in a faith-follow relationship with Jesus would not “vote for” living as a...
Hearing from God in the discord
It seems we live in a time filled with dissent. Often protest and dissent seem unruly, disrespectful, even chaotic. Many of us experience dissent...
Sowers, seeds and sermons
Since leaving pastoral ministry a little over a year ago and moving to the opposite side of the pulpit, I have listened to many...
Comings and goings
Students at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary have unique call stories, hopes and fears related to their studies and dreams beyond their course work. I...
Survey reveals women serve USMB churches in variety of roles
The CL staff wanted to learn more about how women serve our congregations. So, we reviewed USMB church English-language websites and found that 91...
Becoming “my church” people
There is one word that can ignite a range of emotion in a range of people unlike any other. There is one word that...
The day we became friends with God
Maundy Thursday is the day in the Christian year when we enter into the Upper Room on the night that Jesus was betrayed to...