Author name: AllianceQ

Is a church a family? Or is it a community? Sometimes I hesitate to call the church a family because […]

Even as I typed the title of this article, I sense a good bit of arrogance in the tone.  And

I went to church as a child and young adult.  There were several denominations over the years.  I really enjoyed

I was talking to a guy recently who has been coming to our church after a small group discussion we

I have always been a tomboy.  The boy my family never had.  I wanted to be just like my dad. 

I’m a solo pastor of congregation in a small town in Tennessee. For the past two years at the beginning

Soon after I retired I received a visit from the Moderator of the Disciples General Assembly, who also happened to

I like our identity statement.  I like it a lot.  It speaks to our history.  The theology rings true.  It