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Vocation

The Chair in the Corner

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JW November 20, 2025 Ross Engel

Our Duty    

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All in all, being your pastor is a joy, it really is. I love Sunday mornings. I love […]

JW October 5, 2025 Paul Koch

Telemachus at the Table

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JW October 3, 2025 Ross Engel

A Ton of Theology

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JW September 25, 2025 Ross Engel

Rich Toward God

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In the early years of my marriage, my wife and I were quite nomadic. After our wedding, we […]

JW August 3, 2025 Paul Koch

Sowing and Reaping

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In 1707, the great hymnwriter Isaac Watts first published his magnificent hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”  […]

JW July 6, 2025 Paul Koch

Go With Fire in Your Bones

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There are days I wake and feel like the last sane man in a house on fire, and […]

JW May 19, 2025 Donavon Riley

The Hollow Creed

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The old missal still rests where it always has, its spine cracked, its pages furred with damp, curling […]

JW March 19, 2025 Donavon Riley

DJ Pastor

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Welcome to———Church. I’m DJ Pastor, MC for JC, choosing hymns and fueling souls. Blah, blah, blah. I’m sure […]

JW January 28, 2025 Joel A. Hess

American Christians: Why are You Afraid of Persecution?

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A concern I increasingly hear from Christians in this country centers on a perceived fear that they (we) […]

JW January 22, 2025 Graham Glover

Broken Glass Ministry

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I am not one to contribute to social media posts. In fact, I have a personal rule that […]

JW January 16, 2025 Dennis Matyas

Cardinals are Aged Out, Why Not Elected Officials and Judges?

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Last month, Pope Francis appointed 21 new cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. Although cardinals in the Roman […]

JW January 3, 2025 Graham Glover

Thank God Hunter is Pardoned

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Last Sunday, Americans learned that our president pardoned his son, Hunter. It’s a wide-sweeping declaration covering not only […]

JW December 4, 2024 Paul Koch

Pastors, you aren’t Working for the Union

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Stupid people. Stupid church. They should pay me more. They should come to church services. They make dumb […]

JW December 3, 2024 Joel A. Hess

The Bare Minimum Is Killing The Church

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Let’s quit pretending. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. The bare minimum is a disease, […]

JW November 25, 2024 Donavon Riley

Through the Fog

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Here we are, dancing in the fog. This isn’t just confusion; it’s a carefully crafted disorientation, a full-blown […]

JW November 15, 2024 Donavon Riley

Wasting Time Teaching Pastors

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How silly. That seasoned seminary professors would make you do something as ridiculous as learning the language of the […]

JW November 14, 2024 Cindy Koch

When They’re Gone: The Last of the Legends

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It’s happening in slow motion, folks. The theologians, the mentors, the people who didn’t just read the Bible—they […]

JW November 12, 2024 Donavon Riley

Welcome to The Gang

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We’ve got it all wrong, haven’t we? Churches these days seem like a soft landing, a sanctuary for […]

JW October 24, 2024 Donavon Riley

Institutional Whiplash

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Last week, I preached on Mark 9, where the man prayed to Jesus, “Lord, I believe, help my […]

JW September 20, 2024 Dennis Matyas

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