Congregationalism & Churches
A different kind of “third place” ministry creates community and connections with washers and dryers. Some come with track marks from years of drug abuse. Others come with children in tow. Some are struggling through a bad week. Others, a bad decade. All bring their dirty laundry. They wash it and dry it for free at… Read More
She sang through betrayal, divorce, and death. LaShun Pace sang of God’s power. With a voice that could hold an angelic note or drop down to a sinner’s growl, she declared the Lord’s victory on a revival circuit in the 1970s, on the Billboard charts in the 1990s, and on TikTok in the 2020s. She… Read More
Homer Rodeheaver was an unexceptional trombonist. But he had an ear for great songs and a knack for promoting them. Like most kids growing up in mainstream Protestant denominations in the mid-20th century, I associated the name Homer Rodeheaver—if it came up at all—with hymnals and gospel songs, most notably my grandmother Allie’s beloved “The… Read More