By Linda Gilden Torry Martin has been a lifelong learner, but school wasn’t his favorite place. He used his creativity to avoid work. Torry’s third grade class had a weekly spelling test. On one of those days Torry didn’t want to take the test. “I can’t take the spelling test,” he informed his teacher. “Oh […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness As a candy-corn-loving minister’s daughter, this time of the year always made me more excluded than any other when I was growing up. In addition to learning the Ten Commandments as a child, I also learned the unofficial 11th Commandment: Thou Shall Not Celebrate Halloween. I already felt different in my […]
By Danny R. Von Kanel We all know of those corny jokes where people use Scripture to spark a laugh, like: Did you know Santa Claus is in the Bible? It says, “Ho, Ho flee from the land of the north” (Zechariah 2:6, American Standard Version). Or did you know baseball is in the Bible? […]
By David Faust In biblical times working with clay was serious business. Pottery making required strength and dexterity. A skilled craftsman would place a lump of clay on the ground and tread on it with his feet until it reached the right consistency, then toss the clay onto a wheel made from two circular stones […]
By Rhansyl Harris Ministry tends to pull us into uncomfortable places. In fact, if we are too comfortable we might want to check or reassess our mission. I think about Mother Theresa, who gave up everything that she had to minister to the marginalized and unwanted people of Calcutta. Ministering to the Unwanted How do […]
