In my English and Medical Humanities class, I include Christian writers who havefaced death and written well about it, and found students receptive to the experience ofreading and discussing the subje...  Read More

Looking back on 2025, I am grateful for all the ways God has worked through College Church. Our “Discipling 3,000” focus strengthened our commitment to being disciples who make disciples, energizing o...  Read More

Wednesday, November 5th: His House isn’t supposed to be open, yet at 4:30 p.m. a line of cars stretches from the front of the building around to Turner Street, spilling into the north parking lot of C...  Read More

Boethius was a Christian philosopher. I regularly teach his Consolation of Philosophy as part of my literature classes because of something fascinating he wrote about the imagination.He said imagining...  Read More

This is an exciting and challenging time for the College Church. Our auditorium is full each Sunday. Many of our adult classes are full and need additional space. The facility for our university stude...  Read More

     The Dating-and-Engaged Couples Ministry has a long history in the College Church. For many years, this group met during the Sunday morning Bible class hour and, at various points, was led by Dwig...  Read More

I’d never prayed for a job—does that sound terrible?I’d always just worked. When I left one job I was soon back at work doing something else. But I was down for two years with my back before surgery m...  Read More

     When my students encounter Beowulf, the 9th century Anglo-Saxon poem about a medieval warrior fighting monsters in Demark, they are often swept up in the physical struggle of the hero against his...  Read More

Heather Burchfield and her volunteers want to “feed the flock.”That’s the name of the newest branch of the Women’s Ministry. It grew out of discussions in Heather’s Sunday small group and gained momen...  Read More

Living on the island of Crete, Titus found himself in a challenging situation. The apostle Paul, his mentor, had asked him to appoint elders. Influenced by pagan thinking and behavior, Cretans had the...  Read More

In the foothills of the Ozarks, about a week after the first day of autumn, the annual Harding Lectureship begins. This is one of the university’s flagship opportunities for alumni and friends to join...  Read More

When John and I started attending College Church in 2011, I knew I wanted to connect with other women, but I didn’t know what to do or who to contact. I wasn’t even sure what talents I had that the Lo...  Read More