Dialogue in an Age of Contention
by Alexei Laushkin Today, the U.S. House of Representatives takes up articles of impeachment against the President. It’s an interesting day to consider what dialogue has to teach us in an age where the...
Meaning of Advent: A Season that Invites us into God’s Timing
by Alexei Laushkin This season leading up to Christmas, traditionally known as Advent, can be very busy, so much so that we can miss the staggering invitation, peace, and tranquility which is the timing...
Botham Jean, Costly Grace, and the Greater Work of Justice
by Alexei Laushkin The case of Botham Jean has been on my mind and something I’ve tracked since the killing took place. Botham Jean was a worship leader at the Dallas West Church of Christ. Here was a...
Intensifying Persecution of Christians in China
In this Tuesday, March 27, 2018, photo, Catholic religious paintings and figures are displayed behind bars at an underground Catholic church in Jiexi county in south China’s Guangdong province. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) The Chinese...
So, How Do you Seek First the Kingdom of God?
By Alexei Laushkin Our lives are governed by desires and wants, goals and plans, and if we were to think about them we would soon recognize that for most of us these goals, wants,...
Living with Difference Closer to Home
by Alexei Laushkin How does God ask us to handle differences in how we relate to one another in the body of Christ? Many Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal denominations feel painful tension when...
Ways of the Kingdom: Peace and Opposition
As we prioritize seeking first the kingdom of God, we are bound to experience two corresponding realities: a growth in our sense of peace, and at times an unusually strong opposition to every step...
Why Do We Look at the Past
by Alexei Laushkin In Revelation 21:12 we find these words: And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book...
The 12 Days of Christmas Help Us Orient Towards Peace
by Alexei Laushkin For Christians that follow a liturgical calendar within the Western tradition, Christmas marks the start of a 12-day celebration of the events around the birth of Jesus. Christmas covers a series...
Thanksgiving Stress, Faith and the Holidays
by Alexei Laushkin Thanksgiving around a common table. There are very few moments in American culture where we gather around a common table and spend time with family near and far. Spend time with...
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