May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Throughout the month some of our blog stories will focus on this theme. Check back weekly throughout May! Churches can play an important role in the health and well-being of the wider community. One way to do this is through raising awareness for a variety of issues. When I…
Category: Ministry
Mission Trips Require Focus and Flexibility
If I was to name the two most important things to remember for a mission trip, it would be focus and flexibility. What I have learned over my many trips is that logistics matter. It matters that you plan and then make contingency plans (yes, multiple!) for all the things that might go wrong, because…
The Civil Rights Movement and its Young Leaders
As Black History Month comes to a close, Lecturer in Theology and Ethics Dr. Derek Woodard-Lehman examines parallels between the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, believing them to be informative for continued racial justice work today. Julian Bond often summarized the average American’s understanding of the Civil Rights Movement…