Our own native tongue

Mowtown Teen Lawn Care is a social enterprise offering a new model for youth ministry

Jobs, skills and mentoring are just some of the benefits of this lawn care business, operated under the auspices of a Presbyterian church in Vancouver, Washington. > Read more

David Anderson Hooker: Keeping the narratives in alignment Leaders should work to ensure that their organization's narratives and values are made real within the organization as well as in the world, says the conflict transformation and mediation expert. > Read more

Luke A. Powery: Our own native tongue The image of God at Pentecost is multilingual, multicultural and multiethnic, not for a politically correct agenda, but because the gospel demands it. The gospel is polyphonic, the dean of Duke Chapel says in this Pentecost sermon.  > Read more

Victoria Atkinson White: How to win a national championship Was Villanova’s Kris Jenkins lucky in hitting the winning shot in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game? Or was that moment the culmination of years of practice, study and teamwork? > Read more

Elizabeth Dias: Pope Francis is changing the conversation about faith The Time magazine correspondent covering faith and politics shares her insights into the current religious landscape in this interview. > Read more

Edgar Moore: Election Day, in the shadow of the cross Despite our desire to find a comfortable middle ground, the incarnation means there may not be a clear, easy way through the midst of cultural conflict, writes a retired United Methodist elder. > Read more