by James Spencer | Jan 8, 2021 | News
When we think about how to pray for our nation, we must consider what it means to pray for ourselves and for our own individual and collective character and direction. We must remember that the church is not another group seeking to get their way in Washington, but a...
by Moody Center | Jan 6, 2021 | News
‘As the afternoon sunlight struck the window, fragmented light pierced through the crucified figure on the glass panes and bathed the elements of the Eucharist the priest was distributing. Drops of blood emitting from the individual’s crude, thorny crown scattering...
by Daniel Koehler | Dec 23, 2020 | D.L. Moody, News
When we reflect on 2020, the dwindling of travel and traffic and the renewed emphasis on the home environment may be one of our most enduring shared memories. For many of us, the need to consolidate our work, study, family activities, and worship into a domestic...
by James Spencer | Dec 15, 2020 | News
Over the course of my career, I’ve taken my fair share of criticism, particularly at times when people didn’t like the decisions I made or strategies I chose to implement. While I’ve learned to keep the opinions others express about my decisions in perspective,...
by James Spencer | Nov 14, 2020 | News
The longer I live with and think about what it means to have integrity, the less I concern myself with being effective. “What is it that I need to do to get this or that done?” is simply not that compelling a question to me anymore. To be sure, I don’t...
by Moody Center | Oct 15, 2020 | Article, News
The theology of the prayers of Jesus You may have heard the common phrase, “God is not a vending machine,” but why is that? Should I not ask for what I want? And how should I pray? Prayer becomes further complicated while pondering when (and how often) we should pray....
