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By Mark A. Taylor

As the new year begins, here at CHRISTIAN STANDARD we”re gearing up to serve you with 48 issues full of thoughtful insight, encouraging news, and prodding analysis. We”re committed to leading the discussion among Christian church readers about what”s happening in our movement and what it means to all of us.

For starters, we”re once again planning 12 special, thicker issues to deal with timely themes:

January 10: Vacation Bible School and Children”s Ministry

February 14: NACC Preview

March 14: Christian Colleges

April 11/18: Megachurches

May 9: Family

June 6: Preaching

July 18/25: “Beyond”””NACC Theme Issue

September 5: Growing Like Jesus

October 3: Racial Reconciliation

October 31: Reading Resources

November 21/28: Missions

December 19/26: Christmas/New Year”s

Meanwhile, we”re continuing our tradition of recruiting 12 writers to contribute “Reflections” columns throughout the year. The 2010 lineup represents a wide range of thinkers, teachers, and leaders””men and women from megachurches and smaller churches, colleges and mission fields, and every part of the country. We”ve already read their first batch of columns, and we can hardly wait to share them with you!

Here are the “Reflections” writers who will be serving you in 2010:

Ash Barker, director of Urban Neigh-bours of Hope, lives in Klong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, Thailand.

Steve Bond is senior pastor with Summit Christian Church in Sparks, Nevada.

Chuck Booher is senior pastor with Crossroads Christian Church, Corona, California.

John Castelein is professor at Lincoln (Illinois) Christian Seminary.

Jack Cottrell is professor at Cincinnati (Ohio) Christian Seminary.

Jeff Faull is senior minister with Mount Gilead Church in Mooresville, Indiana.

Rick Grover is lead pastor at Owensboro (Kentucky) Christian Church.


John Mark Hicks is professor at Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Kelly Kastens serves with the worship arts ministry at Mountain Christian Church, Joppa, Maryland.

Janet McMahon serves as church planter and community life director with Restore Community Church, Kansas City, Missouri.

Terry O”Casey ministers with High Lakes Christian Church in La Pine, Oregon.

George Ross is senior pastor with Northside Christian Church, New Albany, Indiana.

All of this works, though, only as you, our readers, decide it”s working. Please don”t hesitate to tell us how we”re doing, and what we can do better. The discussion we”re leading won”t happen unless you join in it.

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