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Leaving Jesus alone—Observing Holy Week amid a pandemic

Amid the fear and anxiety of whether we or our loved ones will become sick, amid difficult conversations with our children and others about worst-case scenarios, amid the worry of our children over something so present yet so imperceptible as this virus—have we left Jesus alone?

Coronavirus does not discriminate, a reminder we’re all in this together, but faith can help
6 April 2020
Of lemons and lemonade
Editor, The Christian Citizen
5 April 2020
Celebrating Easter in a Good Friday world
A Palm Sunday Meditation
4 April 2020
Be the least anxious person in the (virtual) room
3 April 2020
Churches, never waste a (coronavirus) crisis
Executive Director, ABHMS
2 April 2020
Our national homework assignment—Beginning to envision a just and inclusive society
New Book Release: Making Space at the Well: Mental Health and the Church
1 April 2020
Seeing The Gospel Come True in Puerto Rico
Director, Leadership Empowerment, ABHMS
31 March 2020
Innovating in a time of COVID-19
30 March 2020
#QueenAnneBaptistPretzelChallenge
National Coordinator, Native American Ministries, ABHMS
29 March 2020
Native American Leadership Training Series Blog Story
“The Lord is the stronghold of my life”—a meditation on Psalm 27 amid the COVID-19 pandemic
27 March 2020
Scholarship Update
BREAKING NEWS: “Your Money, Your Goals” training—equipping you for ministry in this season of financial hardship
25 March 2020
I Wasn't Prepared For This - A Pastor's Lament
Lessons amid a disaster—an open letter to my colleagues in ministry
Director, Discipleship Ministries, ABHMS
23 March 2020
On Proverbs and Punishment: Biblical Reflections for Child Abuse Prevention Month
How the disability community can respond to COVID-19: Ensuring people with disabilities can access prescription drugs during the current crisis
Spiritual First Aid for Pandemic Stress
17 March 2020
Best Practices For Funerals During COVID-19
National Coordinator for Learning Initiatives, Center for Continuous Learning
9 March 2020
On hand washing, hoarding, and the healing of Naaman
Director, Discipleship Ministries, ABHMS
9 March 2020
Liberating Sunday School
Rev. Erica Van Brakle
Director, MinistrElife & ABPS, ABHMS
6 March 2020
Ministry in the Midst of the Coronavirus
National Coordinator, MinistrElife & ABPS
6 March 2020
Covid 19 Communion Guidelines
23 January 2020
Knowing where you are in time—Martin Luther King’s allegiance to the empire of eternity
17 January 2020
The power of personalism
Editor, The Christian Citizen
15 January 2020
A day on, not a day off—honoring and extending the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
6 January 2020
The constant grace of God
Editor, The Christian Citizen
3 January 2020
Recreating Jesus
1 January 2020
Dream big because that’s where God shows up
30 December 2019
Ghost towns and future trust
25 December 2019
Pondering Christmas, from both sides
23 December 2019
Advent—A different view
20 December 2019
Christmas humor: Top 10 gifts to pastors
18 December 2019
Waiting for Jesus
Editor, The Christian Citizen
16 December 2019
Good shall overcome
13 December 2019
“Singing the (Advent) Jailhouse Blues”
Editor, The Christian Citizen
11 December 2019
The grief of Advent
Editor, The Christian Citizen
9 December 2019
Companionship: A response to social isolation and loneliness
Editor, The Christian Citizen
27 November 2019
From classism to community: Consider the poor, forgotten this Thanksgiving
Editor, The Christian Citizen
20 November 2019
Recovering the civil discourse our nation needs
Editor, The Christian Citizen
15 November 2019
Of trees and thornbushes
13 November 2019
Thou shalt achieve world peace through humor
Editor, The Christian Citizen
4 November 2019
How to Be an Antiracist—A Prescription for Healing America (Book Review)
Editor, The Christian Citizen
30 October 2019
Why wouldn’t God wake a sleeping cat?
28 October 2019
An ode to a plastic urn: How a small trash can shapes beauty
21 October 2019
What we don’t talk about
18 October 2019
Giving mental health awareness the right place in the church

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