My first book, "Spirit Speech: Lament and Celebration in Preaching," was an attempt to fill what I saw as a gap in the scholarly literature in the field of homiletics, which is the academic study and ...

“It’s just not right!” The shrinking space for Christian activities in China evokes indignation among the global church, which has understandably come to see China largely through the lens of ...

When Melinda Mettler, a Santa Barbara Beautiful boardmember, made the Santa Barbara Mural Guide in 2024, she shined a light on more than 100 murals all across the city that were free for the public to ...

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