The megachurch phenomenon is fraught with challenges and questions.  Increasingly we are also seeing not just one huge congregation that worships in a single cavernous

Perhaps it went largely unnoticed as Americans this past weekend were gearing up for a holiday weekend.  Still, something rather remarkable happened. North Korea test

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Originally published in 2105, here is Scott’s take for the Tuesday of Holy Week. Palm/Passion Sunday kicks off Holy Week every year but mostly we

            One of the more formative experiences of my life came when as a college student I was able to visit socialist East Germany some

Last week at a colloquium I attended, a colleague of mine originally from Mexico was describing my seminary’s highly successful certificate program designed to provide

If you have been involved in most any aspect of ministry in the church, then sooner or later you confront some tough realities. Probably pastors

State of Our Union Tonight the President will deliver the delayed State of the Union speech to Congress.  Its every word will be analyzed.   Pundits