Christians Are to Be Servants, Not Overlords

Many American Christians believe they can achieve Christ's kingdom on earth through political means, by dominating the culture. Author Tim Alberta, ...

The First Church of Waffle House

A fistful of black letters flicker atop the pale-yellow background. The sign is broken, but few care. Because they are broken too. There is a place, like ...

The Gospel According to Clean Laundry

Some come with track marks from years of drug abuse. Others come with children in tow. Some are struggling through a bad week. Others, a bad decade. All ...

Christian Fidelity Shown with a Lawnmower

In his latest book, In Search of the Common Good, Jake Meador writes:

Love also must be faithful because when we love we do not simply will the person’s ...

A Lesson for the Church from Selling Razors

A man goes into a store to buy some razor blades. They're locked up. He tries to get in, but it's like robbing Fort Knox. No one is around to ...

Film 'The Monuments Men' Shows Faithful Service

In the film The Monuments Men, a woman named Claire Simone (played by Cate Blanchett), lives a very ordinary life in Paris under the oppressive Nazi regime. ...

Leaders Mop Floors

In ChurchLeadersOnline.com, Kevin Miller recalls a lesson he learned about leadership from his father:

Dad and I padded through the tall pines, our feet ...

Help Not Wanted

Our pastor was organizing an evangelistic outreach using small acts of kindness to demonstrate Christ's love. He phoned several neighborhood grocery ...

Everyone a Servant

For many years, I have attended midweek Eucharists at St. Bede's Episcopal Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One thing I love is the hand-lettered sign ...