Stories of Hope
The resurrection focuses our attention on God’s abundant gifts. Sharing snapshots of hopeful communities and their members opens our eyes to innovative expressions of ministry and connects us to the comprehensive story of God.
Features
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Reflection
April 10, 2012 | Jesus begins and ends his life swaddled in strips of cloth -- a symbol in the ancient days of being cherished, writes the senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Read more »
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Reflection
April 3, 2012 | The public witness of the Moravian Church influences and welcomes Christians from other faith traditions, says the professor at Wake Forest University. Read more »
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Q&A
March 6, 2012 | Though moderns associate Handel's "Messiah" with Advent and Christmas, it is an oratorio for all seasons, a story of deliverance and a defense of orthodox Christian faith, says the music history scholar. Read more »
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Reflection
February 28, 2012 | An Episcopal priest spends her sabbatical photographing people’s hands as they receive communion and reaffirms her belief that the church is indeed thriving. Read more »
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Multimedia
February 28, 2012 | In these photographs, an Episcopal priest captures people's hands receiving communion to show "how our hands...become the next in a long line of hands that act as the hands of Christ." Watch video »
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Sermon
February 28, 2012 | An Episcopal priest calls this “the sermon that started it all.” After preaching this sermon on Maundy Thursday in 2010, she began her journey to photograph people’s hands as they receive communion. Read more »
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Q&A
January 10, 2012 | The mystery writer talks about how she draws inspiration from living on her grandparents’ “two-mule tobacco farm” in North Carolina. Read more »
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Article
January 3, 2012 | A small Florida city hosts what is believed to be the world’s largest Epiphany celebration. For the Greek Orthodox teenage boys who dive for the ritual’s white wooden cross, the event is also a chance at their own epiphany concerning the role of God in their lives. Read more »
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Reflection
December 20, 2011 | How do you live out your Christian values during the holiday buying frenzy? For one family, the practice of limiting gift giving to three presents has brought a needed discipline to Christmas. Read more »
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Article
December 20, 2011 | When her teenage daughter and friends began tuning in to the Sunday sermon, prepping for midweek lectionary study and bandying about words such as “eschatology” and “quadrilateral,” a mother realized that something exciting was happening in her congregation. Read more »
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