There are parts of Akron, Ohio, considered food deserts. There’s a lot of overlap between those parts and places you could also call health care deserts. No grocery stores or reasonable access to medical care. In one such neighborhood, after almost 20 years of ministry, pastor Joey Johnson sensed his church — a nondenominational church […]
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Despite our current or future efforts, viruses won’t go away. In fact, they’ll linger with us more intimately than most of us expect. Did you know that buried in our DNA are ancient viruses? At least 10 percent of our human genome represents sequences from viruses that have made their way into our DNA structures
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When you think about Washington, D.C., you might imagine similar things: politics, culture, and a district filled with our nation’s history. What you probably don’t think about is Anglican churches, the kinds of churches that recall an older history, older at least than the monuments to church freedom that mainly decorate the capital. Yet, in
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You could fairly call it its own kind of epidemic. The abuse of power in the church. That’s what Diane Langberg’s new book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church is all about. She talked to Common Good in March. When we talk about power in the church, what are we discussing? The
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You hear a lot about debt, personal and national, but not a lot about plans to address it. Here’s the big picture(s).
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Mostly, we believe that vocation is incidental, not integral, to the mission of God. Why? What happened? What can be done?
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The left. The right. Blue states. Red states. Placemaking doesn’t have to be tribal. It may actually be a necessary step for mending far-reaching wounds.
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Even if you’re not scribbling up a Moleskin over coffee, probably the main thing you do for work is write. Do it better — and to make yourself better.
You’re, Like, a Writer Read More »
Economists are calling it a “she-session.” In the past year and change, more than 2.3 million women have departed the traditional workforce. There’s an easy explanation: COVID-19. That’s part of the puzzle, of course, but like with most questions, the easy answer falls short.
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To restore institutional trust.
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The songs that got the singer-songwriter through the dog days.
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Here’s the artistic side of the pandemic year.
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