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Bolivia's presdent, Evo Morales, is on a hunger strike to gain more representation for his country's indigenous peoples, though som...

When a government's one-child policy meets a culture's bias against females, this is what happens. Also see here .

In the gaps when folks aren't around for the vigil , which has amounted to a very short amount of time, I've been praying too. It...

It's 1:41 on Saturday morning as I begin this post. But I'm not suffering from insomnia. I'm in the church fellowship hall right...

[I originally wrote and posted this last March 21. But it seems worth repeating on this Good Friday.] This is what an inquisitive second-g...

Thank God .

[This was shared during Maundy Thursday worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this evening.] John 13:1-17...

...And that mission is to rely on God's goodness and to take hope from it. That mission is to both act and speak with hope. If you have ...

[This is meant to help the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, where I serve as pastor, to prepare for worship. But beca...

It's encouraging . Please continue to pray.

"The Reds aren’t just turning a page. They’re trying to re-write the whole book." Paul Daugherty gives Reds fans reason to hope fo...

[This was shared during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this morning.] Mark 11:1-11 Father Andrew G...

We worship God through our servanthood . When I served on the church council of my home congregation in Columbus, our pastor once told us, “...

Servants see the big picture . An oft-told story has it that a man walked by a construction site one day and asked a worker, “What are you d...

...doin' in a dump like this?" (You can also listen and read the lyrics here .) Dylan sings a praise song.

This is a list from American Heritage . I'm most intrigued by the Kaplan book because Lincoln was, primarily, whether as a lawyer or a ...

Lee was the pioneering maker of documentary films whose work with the Lutheran Church--including A Time for Burning , is mentioned here . Le...

Servants tackle what they’re not good at doing . After an evening Lenten service, which included conversation about Christian servanthood, a...

"Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are not sure that we are doubly sure." (Reinhold Niebuhr) ...