By Ward Tanneberg After pastoring many years in the San Francisco East Bay city of Dublin, Dixie and I retired to Palm Desert in Southern California. (Doesn’t everybody dream of doing this?) We had a lovely 3-bedroom home, all on one level, our last stop before heaven. But four years later, we gathered up our [...]
By Jill Briscoe My birthday was coming up. A rather significant one. There was nothing I could do to stop it happening! I could wring my hands or stamp my feet; pout or fume, pray for hours, even call an all-night prayer meeting with sympathetic friends to stave it off—it would do no good. It [...]
By Thom Rainer Every new generation influences society in profound ways. Every new generation also affects churches in America. The Millennial generation is no different. Those adults and youth born between 1980 and 2000 are large in number, nearly 80 million. They are the largest generation in America, and they will continue to shape much [...]
By Wes Wick Although our kids might think otherwise, we weren’t around in 1840 when William Harrison of the Whig party became our ninth president. He was catapulted into office by a sagging economy and by a catchy campaign song, Tippecanoe and Tyler Too. Tippecanoe is a river in Indiana, the site of Harrison’s military [...]
By Christy Foldenauer Several years ago, we were invited to join a small group which met weekly on Friday nights. We arrived the first night with our young kids in tow, eager to connect with other couples in a similar age and stage. What we found was a much more blended group of couples, ranging [...]