Remembering Lincoln’s Inaugural Address on this President’s Day

Bulletin

February 20, 2023

As we celebrate President’s Day today, let us be reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s inaguaral address he gave on March 4, 1865.

Those words spoken then are just as relevant toay as they were in 1865.

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

Mothers Deserve Better Than This

Politics & Law

Could You Share Heaven With Them?

A tree with prominent underground roots evokes the foundations of belief during a faith crisis.

Gospel Fare

Nourishing the Roots: An Interview with Walker Wright

The Trouble with Garment Talk

A roofline under gray skies with several crows perched along the ridge, one crow pecking near a skylight, a gutter visibly clogged with wet leaves and peanut shells, early morning light. Peacemaking grows harder when daily irritations pile up like debris.

Tolerance

The Continuous, Habitual Struggle for Peace

Gospel Fare, Tolerance

“Sanctuary” Must Mean Something Again

Dan Ellsworth

Could You Share Heaven With Them?

We may share eternity with our political adversaries. That possibility should change how we treat them now.

Amanda Freebairn

Do Women Have Agency?

Women deserve more than permission to choose. They deserve the wisdom and moral guidance to choose well.

C.D. Cunningham

Answering Tough Questions About Tithing

The spiritual impact of tithing reaches beyond budgets, investment returns, and promises of material prosperity.

Jeff Bennion

Pride and Shame Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

The choice between pride and shame is a false binary—transcending both enables a growth mindset more conducive to durable Christian discipleship.

Jacob Z. Hess

What Life Patterns Protect Against Sexual Violence?

Research points to ten life patterns that reduce vulnerability and help protect women from sexual violence.

CATEGORIES

We Toke the Wrong Turn: Against Marijuana Legalization

Legalizing recreational marijuana poses significant risks to public health and safety, outweighing any potential benefits. It should remain illegal.

Bites of the Best Books: December 2020

This month, passages on the dangers of political power for the religious, the problem of idealizing the
past, the need for deep souls, and the instructive power of pain.

Church’s Newest Concert Could Become a New Tradition

This weekend the Church put on a concert of their newest album “Trust in the Lord.” The album includes music both appropriate for worship and celebration (or singing out loud in the car with your kids). I’d especially recommend Yahosh Bonner’s “Dust.” You can catch his introduction at the 12:12 mark in the video below, the song starts at 13:22. The album supplements this year’s youth theme “Trust in the Lord.” The album and concert are starting to become a tradition to look forward to. Of course, they also follow the long tradition of celebratory and worship music in the Old and New Testament churches.

Tolerating the Unprecedented

It’s more than mere disagreement we must tolerate. Tolerance means bearing the suffering of others and taking our own uncomfortable turn in history to face uncertainty and challenge.