Bivocational ministers live in two worlds — in part to support themselves and their families economically but also, at least for some, as a way to translate the world to the church and the church to the world.
In the 10 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks there have been signs of hope for the future of interfaith relations. But along with progress has come polarization—threats of Quran burnings, protests of proposed mosques and fears of Islamic law in the U.S. legal system.
In a post-9/11 bid to better relations with local Muslims, Pastor Bob Roberts invited Muslims to his NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas, for question-and-answer sessions, a cooking club and to help on a few home remodeling projects. The result: Roberts lost "a bunch of church
It is no accident that the gospels give a significant amount of space to the events and words of Jesus during Holy Week. God planted the infant seed of messiahship when Jesus was born. The unspeakable gift of the infant Christ --
