The local church is small and placed for a reason.

The Christian call to hard friendship in a national emergency.

Congregations in Noel and Neosho, Missouri—one diverse and one mostly white—grapple with the strain of the pandemic.

Leaving the limelight didn’t heal my pride; it only disguised it.

Rural ministry is experiencing a resurgence in the US even as economic and demographic numbers continue their decline.

A writer and a scholar attempt sympathetic portrayals of the president’s rural supporters, but their sympathy only extends so far.

A Texas Baptist pastor on the risk and resilience of America’s smallest congregations.

An excerpt from "God’s Country."

...and other lessons I learned as a rural pastor.

An excerpt from ‘Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win.’