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ex-Catholics in Christian churches
Church & Ministry

Walking with My Expatriate Catholic Friends

Don M. Hamilton offers practical guidance for churches welcoming ex-Catholics, emphasizing patient listening, clear Bible teaching, worship explanation, family sensitivity, and grace-filled discipleship.

Don M. Hamilton · August 2, 2009
church burnout
Church & Ministry

Mad Church Disease

Anne Jackson examines how personality, personal history, health, and spiritual drift can make church leaders and volunteers more vulnerable to burnout.

Anne Jackson · July 26, 2009
solitude and silence with God
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

A Place of Quiet Rest

Kelly Kastens reflects on solitude and silence with God, sharing how these spiritual disciplines helped restore intimacy with God after ministry busyness left her tired, distracted, and spiritually…

Kelly Kastens · July 26, 2009
Psalm 33
Care & Counseling

Principles that Saved My Life

Derek L. Duncan reflects on Psalm 33 and the comfort Scripture gives when believers feel alone, lost, or burdened by the pressure to control life.

Derek L. Duncan · July 26, 2009
Restoration Movement Communion
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: Great Communion October 4, 2009

Victor Knowles connects the 1909 Communion gathering in Pittsburgh with the 2009 Great Communion, inviting Restoration Movement churches worldwide to share the Lord’s Supper together.

Victor Knowles · July 12, 2009
Communion and Christian Unity
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: The Great Ordinance of Unity and Love

Victor Knowles introduces a Christian Standard resource on the Lord’s Supper and shares a sample reflection on Thomas Campbell, Christian unity, and Communion as “that great ordinance of…

Victor Knowles · July 12, 2009
Christian influence in China
Mission & Evangelism

China, Congress, and the Jericho Road

Paul E. Boatman reflects on Chinese officials’ surprising openness toward Christian influence, shaped by house churches, earthquake relief, and the visible compassion of believers in China.

Paul E. Boatman · July 12, 2009
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
Restoration Movement History

The Point of Christianity 3: Christian Reconciliation

Douglas A. Foster reflects on the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement’s plea for visible Christian unity, its painful divisions, and the renewed opportunity offered by the Great Communion.

Douglas A. Foster · July 12, 2009
Communion formation
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: We Are What We Repeat

Ethan Magness reflects on how repeated participation in the Lord's Supper can shape believers, warning that Communion can either deepen faith or become empty ritual.

Ethan Magness · July 12, 2009
Lord's Supper resource
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: Eight Ways to Experience the Meaning of the Meal

A Christian Standard resource on the Lord's Supper gathers past articles exploring Communion’s memory, meaning, power, purpose, and promise for churches and believers.

Ethan Magness · July 12, 2009
Communion as Thanksgiving
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: We Teach, We Remember, We Proclaim

Ethan Magness reflects on the Lord's Supper as a meal of memory, thanksgiving, and proclamation, pointing readers to Communion’s power to shape faith over time.

Ethan Magness · July 12, 2009
Lord’s Supper remembrance
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: Unpretty and Unavoidable

Jim Tune reflects on Lord’s Supper remembrance, meaningful weekly Communion, and why remembering Christ should remain central to Christian worship and spiritual formation.

Jim Tune · July 12, 2009
Communion and memory
Theology & Bible

The Lord’s Supper: The Power of Memory, the Power of Presence

Paul Blowers reflects on the Lord’s Supper, memory, Alzheimer’s disease, and the church’s powerful calling to remember Christ on behalf of those who can no longer remember.

Paul Blowers · July 12, 2009
LifeBridge Christian Church
Church & Ministry

Strengthening Families: Community and Church Working Together

LifeBridge Christian Church partners with Weld County’s MYAT program to help at-risk teens and their families through counseling, mentoring, parent support, and coordinated community intervention.

Nancy Karpenske · July 5, 2009
church government partnerships
Church & Ministry

It’s Simple: Why We Partner with Civic Organizations to Serve the Community

Luke Erickson and Tom Moen describe how churches can partner with local government to serve neighbors, build trust, and create space for the gospel through practical community outreach.

Luke Erickson and Tom Moen · July 5, 2009
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