As a student of mass communications, I once considered getting into the world of broadcasting. (Preferably classic rock radio, of course....

I’ve always had a fascination with Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.” From childhood, I’ve seen many retellings of this ghostly h...

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty." -Psalm 91:1 (ESV) Two years ago this we...

We’re anticipating a total solar eclipse in the Midwest this April—our second in seven years, no less. If you’ve never witnessed a total ecl...

Ah, those pesky "resolutions." How often we target some day or event—especially that beloved January 1 date so many of us call the...

Got a new year’s resolution? As we move through the holidays, you may already be processing what the next year might look like. Whether you’...

The season of Advent has just begun. Advent is a time for the Church to anticipate the Christmas celebration of Jesus' birth as we also ...

It can be a confounding thing to encore a summer of excellent health with a sudden, headlong dive into a new season of medical office visits...

On Friday, February 24, a year to the day since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a group of Ukrainians gathered at the St...

As a kid, I heard plenty of culturally familiar Christmastime tales you might also recall. But there was one unique to my family that my gra...

Rock beneath me. Rock above me. This summer, loaded down with a variety of stressors and noticing my last actual trip to anywhere was in 201...

This weekend, our church is joining together for a 24-Hour Prayer Vigil, which involves continual prayer at our building as we pray through ...

Last Update: 5/27/2025 ▸ NOTE: The Uniting for Ukraine program is indefinitely suspended as of January 2025. Portions of this article may s...

As news of war once again dominates headlines, many of us find ourselves longing for real peace. Faced with the reality of yet another unnec...

God, tear down wickedness, raise up righteousness, send revival and heal St. Louis. This was our cry each day for the last 3 weeks. Pray fo...

We've just finished up Pray for the Lou Kickoff Week, and it's been an exciting time to pray with believers across our region, culm...

As briefly stated in my previous post , the present situation in Ukraine has deeply affected me in unanticipated ways, and through some incr...