When my mother, who already suffered from moderate dementia, experienced a stroke earlier this year, her vocabulary of nouns vanished. One miscreant piece of plaque set sail in her brain,…
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Day 33: The Gospel in a Flash Drive – Staff
It’s not hyperbole to say that every pastor around the world has needed to adapt in the past year in order to better serve the church. The tool that most…
This Mother’s Day, Let God Change the Narrative – Susan Narjala
In the first week of May, the marketing messages leveled at moms grow louder and more insistent. Their central memo? “Because you deserve it.” Mom blogs and Instagram posts, including…
Day 32: A Hunger for the Word in Mongolia – Staff
Christianity moved into Mongolia the minute democracy opened the doors in 1990, with some missionaries standing at the border. But religion had been banned for 70 years of Soviet-sponsored communism,…
Let’s Talk (Live): Spiritual Disciplines in Busy Seasons – Jackie Hill Perry
On this episode of Let’s Talk, recorded live at TGC’s 2021 women’s conference, Jackie Hill Perry, Jasmine Holmes, and Melissa Kruger discuss the importance of practicing spiritual disciplines, even in…
Why Matthew’s Disability in ‘The Chosen’ Matters – Andrew Abernethy
Amid a murky 2020–21, The Chosen has been fresh water for millions (read TGC’s review). The brilliance of the series—now in its second season—is in how it depicts Jesus calling…
How the Church Can Help in Suicide Prevention – Kathryn Butler
Every time I drive beneath a certain overpass, my throat tightens. A cluster of silk flowers, now gray and mildewed after years of exposure to wind and rain, still springs…
How to (Honestly) Face the Oddities of the Bible – Michael J. Kruger
In his typical confrontational style, atheistic evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins once said, “Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration to moral rectitude have the slightest notion…
Day 31: Light After Darkness – Staff
While the Reformation was taking over Europe, Catholicism was taking over the Americas. To this day, if you were to ask someone in Latin America for their religion, they would…
Alex Harris: How to Do Hard Things – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
It’s fair to say we’re coming out of a hard year. Everything we’ve done for the past 12 months has taken more effort and resulted in less productivity. It’s harder…