What the history of bread making teaches us about rest, curiosity and joy

 

God meets us in the dust BY KHRISTI LAUREN ADAMS Ash Wednesday invites connection for individuals and institutions BY RHONDA MAWHOOD LEE

This Ash Wednesday, mourning scours our hearts BY TIMOTHY ADKINS-JONES

On Ash Wednesday, we remember our fragility once again BY ISAAC VILLEGAS

Resource guide for Lent

This guide from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship includes art, music, devotions, liturgies, books, sermons and other resources to help you plan worship for Lent.

How do religious leaders evaluate information?

Q&A with Karl Stutzman and Ruth Szpunar

A new study examines how clergy find and evaluate the information they need and how they help congregants navigate today’s information landscape.

Grief comes in many forms

By Peggy Haymes

We have the right to grieve the loss of anything connected to our hearts. Church can be a place where those losses are recognized, writes a minister and therapist.

The value of levity in the local church

By Andy Stanton-Henry

Play helps us understand God and open new paths for ministry, says a pastor.

The limits of hope and the promise of joy

By William H. Lamar IV

In an excerpt from his new book, “Ancestors: Those Who Bless Us, Curse Us and Hold Us,” an AME pastor writes about the church as inherently political and why we cannot wait on God for change.

What the history of bread making teaches us about rest, curiosity and joy

By Kendall Vanderslice

A writer who teaches bread baking as a spiritual practice reflects on human touch, innovation and lessons from Genesis.

Through partnership, prayer and perseverance, a small, suburban congregation responds to the community’s need for affordable housing

By Daliah Singer

It took 16 years for Brigit’s Village, a 40-unit, intergenerational apartment complex in northern Colorado, to come to fruition.