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Happy Birthday, Stella: When Children Die

Posted on April 23, 2013April 23, 2013 by Caitlin Michelle Desjardins

April 18th, 2013 Today marks Stella Joy Bruner-Methven’s fourth birthday. She died last year, on October 22nd, just days after she turned 3 1/2. Although today is Stella’s birthday, she does not t... Read More

Eternity Revitalized: A Lenten Sermon on the Victory of Love over Blandness

Posted on March 20, 2012March 19, 2012 by Jared Hillary Ruark

The following is adapted from a sermon delivered at The United Church of Cookeville in Cookeville, TN on March 18th. You may be aware of today’s New Testament reading if you live in America and have... Read More

Love and Weight Loss

Posted on November 14, 2011November 15, 2011 by Jenn Lindsay

Weight. The very word is heavy, overweighted. Weight on my plate. Weight in my gut. Weight in my heart. Weight of the world. Heavy, heavy, heavy…it’s such a bad word. It’s something none of ... Read More

Stephen Hawking’s Other Insight

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Chris Stedman

I am sitting in Oregon, adoring the all-too-brief bouts of sunshine interrupting the more extended periods of drizzle. The sky is clouded, as it apparently often is in this part of the world, and for ... Read More

What Do Americans Really Believe?

Posted on April 26, 2011April 26, 2011 by Ben DeVan

Are mega-churches more intimate than small congregations? Are atheists more superstitious or likely to believe in the paranormal than conservative Christians? Do many Americans believe some "non-relig... Read More