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First person: Calming an anxious generation

March 16, 2026

You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient.

First person: Transitions and ‘true leadership’

March 3, 2026

Leadership transitions are common in life. A boss retires. An incumbent loses an election. A pastor moves to another church. A parent leaves or passes away. … Having experienced all those leadership transitions, I’ve learned they can be both good and bad, depending on the people, the situations and how well the transition is planned and implemented.

First person: Do you have to choose between motherhood and ministry?

February 28, 2026

I’m a mom and a wife (a pastor’s wife at that). But I’m also a women’s ministry leader, Bible teacher and writer. Luke 14:26 tells

First person: Our political future and an interview that deeply moved me

February 26, 2026

I genuinely grieve to see the depth of rancor and bitterness that exists in our country toward fellow Americans with whom we happen to disagree politically.

First person: One generation away from no missionaries?

February 20, 2026

“We are one generation away from having no more missionaries.”

First person: How to stay missionally minded as a mother

February 19, 2026

I’d wanted to be a missionary for years and I loved the two years my husband and I lived overseas.

First person: Raising discernment in a culture of explicit entertainment

February 18, 2026

The recent 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show featuring Bad Bunny (Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) sparked conversation and dialogue across the nation.

Church livestreams: How many watch ‘live’ versus later?

February 13, 2026

Let me start by saying that one of my great frustrations is the number of churches that discontinued their Sunday livestream broadcast after the pandemic.

‘Rage-baiting’: What’s the Christian response?

February 10, 2026

“Social media platforms don’t just allow rage-baiting — they’re built to reward it. The algorithm doesn’t care whether you’re liking content or hating it. It only cares that you’re engaging it. Rage becomes money.”

First person: Legacy churches and the need for young pastors

February 10, 2026

We love new things. New clothes, new cars, new shoes. In this new era of college football, schools seem to love finding new coaches, too.

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