Pursuing Unity
The past few years within the United States has been especially challenging for the ministry of unity. Nationally we’ve experienced significant changes from our previous era of consensus. Changes in: *Politics...
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...
Statement: Possible White House Action on Public Charge a Significant Concern
The Administration is considering new rules which will allow the federal government to deny people seeking to enter the U.S. legally or who are extending their legal status, if they have...
Regaining a Sense of the Kingdom, A Way Forward
by Alexei Laushkin Yesterday I gave a mostly political analysis on the state of the white Evangelical and Pentecostal community as it relates to 2017 and the President. I also addressed...
Re-imagining Christian Unity
by Alexei Laushkin John Calvin had a particular good insight that has always stuck with me. The idea was that the church was both visible and invisible, known and partially known...
Taking a Break from the News
by Alexei Laushkin Let listening to worldly news be bitter food for you, and let the words of saintly men be as combs filled with honey (St. Basil) In the world...
A Consequence of a Divided Church
by Alexei Laushkin As many of us recover from Trump exhaustion and yet another shooting in Florida (click here), I want us to take a moment to think about a big...
Praying for a Church Divided by Race
by Alexei Laushkin It’s hard to look at the events of the last week or weeks or months or years really without recognizing there is a deep context and history from...
What We Might Be Missing
by Alexei Laushkin The Gospel of John gives us some real glimpses into the life of the Holy Trinity. On the night he was betrayed St. John gives us a glimpse...