Tiny stories
Messenger is interested in your tiny stories—stories that reveal the spirit and heart of the Church of the Brethren.
Read moreMessenger is interested in your tiny stories—stories that reveal the spirit and heart of the Church of the Brethren.
Read moreIt was around that large kitchen table that we knew we belonged. We didn’t have to be good; we didn’t have to be smart; we didn’t have to be anybody but ourselves. It was around that table that we were unconditionally loved.
Compost is made of the scraps—the peels, the browned outer leaves, the discarded grounds. It feels sometimes like my faith is made of scraps, too.
Enjoy music curated by James Deaton, inspired by the April 2022 issue of Messenger.
Bildad insists that we remember the sacred relationship between act and consequence. What happens when that does not go as expected?
The church still perseveres in its witness to the power of nonviolence in a world riven by war.
Listen to music chosen by Russ Otto, inspired by the March 2022 issue of Messenger
“you are capable of the universe; and it is better to flicker than fade”
Poems and music by theopoet Brian Nixon
For Perry Huffaker, Lent is a time to ponder anew Christ and the cross. Hear (and download) one of his hymns for Lent.
Sometimes the size of the world’s needs makes prayer perplexing. What is the answer?