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Dear Twentysomethings, I don't blame you for leaving the church. I really don't. When researchers report, 'About 8 million twentysomethings who were active churchgoers as teenagers . . . will no longer be particularly engaged in a church by their thirtieth birthday' (You Lost Me: Why Young…

Q: How does the church minister in post-Christian Europe? A: That is a big question. If you asked a hundred people in Europe, you probably would get two hundred different answers. One problem in the mainline churches in Europe is that over the centuries, Christianity, which was meant to be a…

I can't juggle. I don't do magic. I'm not good at puppets. I can't even make a decent balloon animal. But believe it or not, I am a Nazarene children's pastor! I did not enter seminary to prepare to be a children's pastor. Ministering to children and their families is something that God brought…

Althea C. Taylor was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in the Bronx, one of the five boroughs comprising New York City. Raised in the Church of the Nazarene, she is the youngest of three sisters. In 1999, she left the corporate world to pursue full-time ministry and ordination. Prior to…

Q: Once it is discovered that someone in the church, clergy or lay, has had an extramarital affair, how can we balance grace and forgiveness with proper discipline and rebuke? A: As people of grace, we are to follow the Scripture "to admonish and restore gently" (Col. 3:16, 1 Thes. 5:12, Gal. 6:…

As I entered a barbershop that was new to me, a bench in the waiting area caught my attention. It was a church pew! The beautiful crosses carved on the ends of the pew made me wonder, "What is this doing here?" I have heard about church services being held in barbershops, and I wished I could have…

At two, Lucca was a happy and bright little boy. I kept him on Fridays and nicknamed him, "Sweetness." But then came the headaches, screaming headaches, and problems with balance, speech, and breathing. The problem was diagnosed as Chiari malformation, a condition in which the brain grows faster…

Looking to the ground, his face is engulfed with hands searching to cover up feelings of shame and regret. Her back to him, her eyes are gazing toward the window, fighting back tears of betrayal. A dead silence exists between the couple. A silence that reflects the magnitude of a self-disclosure…

It was an ordinary day. The weather was ordinary. The work was ordinary. Life seemed ordinary. But a divine appointment had been made for that Saturday afternoon. Phabujom, a Hmong village in northern Thailand, is one of many villages in the mountain areas located at the end of a road. Although…

It was an ordinary day. The weather was ordinary. The work was ordinary. Life seemed ordinary. But a divine appointment had been made for that Saturday afternoon. Phabujom, a Hmong village in northern Thailand, is one of many villages in the mountain areas located at the end of a road. Although…