These stories must be shared, and as adults we hold the power and the influence with which to make space for children and adults alike to tell their stories. We must look around our congregations for where we might be missing these powerful stories of diversity.
Unless you’re just dead set against historical fiction, I’m quite confident you’ll find this book utterly engrossing. (Fiction)
We must desire to feast on God’s living word daily so that we can truly find nourishment and growth. Without it, we will surely die of malnutrition.
While the wise men sought to find Jesus, I watched a man yelling at police officers at the U.S. Capitol building while holding a flag with a Christian fish and the name of Jesus.
Sometimes Jesus engaged others and sometimes he didn’t. However, what he didn’t do was quit, avoid, or escalate the situation. Read on for a quick conflict refresher.
I have often recommended this book to those who are grieving, and all of them have affirmed how true it is. When it comes to honestly dealing with grief, Didion’s book goes to the top of the stack.
Imagine. A threat to the moral, psychological, emotional, and spiritual well-being of young people all over America. (Nonfiction)
In the spirit of this naturally reflective season, and because it’s just what bloggers and blog editors are supposed to do in December or January, here’s a look back at the top 10(ish) Mosaic articles published in 2020.
Making the meme circuit again this Christmas is a new classic that takes on the almost-30-year-old question: Mary, did you know?
Mister Monkey is an absolutely awful children’s musical about a pet chimpanzee who has a penchant for theft. This terrible play is performed by a cast of very broken people. There you have it.
Special days and seasons tend to have a polarizing effect on our emotions and spiritual lives. Do you feel this every year too?
Lipstadt argues that Eichmann was not just a little man following orders but a convinced Nazi and anti-Semite committed to the program of genocide. (Nonfiction)
As the year comes to a close, I’d like to recommend six brand new books that you might find particularly helpful as you pursue God’s preferred future in 2021.
Whether you wish to catch up on a live webinar you missed or to use a Summit guidebook as a small group discussion guide, I invite you explore the numerous new resources we developed this year.
Over the years I have heard many stories of spoken and unspoken expectations on the spouse. This has varied from the assumption of specific ways they would be involved at church to expectations regarding employment.
Let me suggest three specific ways to express value and worth to our older members.
The first lesson of Christmas is to keep showing up even when your miracle hasn’t.
This is one of those must-read books for preachers. One of the primary tasks we face is to give our congregants a story to live by. (Nonfiction)
If you’re a male minister and have had gender inclusion on your mind for a short while or long while, you are among many ministers who are in the same boat, and the struggle is real.
Although there is a fable-like quality to the story, I found the characters to be more or less believable and the plot to be quite suspenseful. (Fiction)
