Dispatches from the Global Village

Two years before Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto, something remarkable happened in London. In 1846, church leaders from Protestant churches across Europe and North America […]

Chances are you’ve bumped into the phrase Christian nationalism, usually referring to a movement, person, or idea that believes America was founded not only on Christian […]

Our church is searching for a new pastor. After more than forty years of faithful service, ours has stepped aside, and now we’re left asking the […]

20 months ago, Lily and I moved from our home of 44 years to a condo. That meant much we owned had to be given away […]

287 years ago January 1st, at around 3 in the morning in an all-night prayer meeting, on Fetter Lane in London England, John Wesley said that […]

As a boy, I learned that God is everywhere. Of course, I tried to imagine what “everywhere” meant beyond the borders of my small world. Today, […]

As our small group finished our brief time with Pope Francis, I wondered why he was lingering, so I waited and watched. It turned out that […]

He was a storyteller par excellence, but he was also a story himself. Sociologist, professor, and stirrer-upper, his presence was felt across North America, pressing Evangelicals […]

David, my oldest brother, is dead. The news came without surprise. He had been very unwell, and we had had multiple final goodbye visits. But as […]