Rich Overhessan attends a small, rural church in the upper Michigan peninsula. He’s known for his wise counsel, money-management skills, and quiet demeanor. You’ll often find Rich reading quietly at home or enjoying a nice newspaper at the The Bird, a local coffee shop in town largely populated by...

1. Sarah Young, “Jesus Calling” “I sell my home as quickly as I can. I always buy rickety old chicken coops to make my domicile. If I have the Writer’s Block, it is because there are disgusting chicken spirits wandering the premises, trying to get inside of my mind and rule me.”...

It was a wonderful service, full of teaching and guttural singing. However, these five people fell asleep during your church’s worship service. 1. Tiffany Juaréz Tiffany fell asleep almost immediately after the Scripture reading. She was in and out during communion, but kept the ol’ eye-flaps shut like Fort Knox when...

1. Filling up the baptismal with corn sometimes instead of water. If you are a Baptist, you remember Farmer Todd carrying his bushels of corn to the front of the church to fill the baptismal with his yellow seed corn. 2. Trust-falling onto one another while singing hymns. You fell as many times as...

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently met with a group of pastors in Texas, hoping to find common ground. Together, they brainstormed ideas to improve their local communities.  “I met with ministers in Waco who are helping their congregations find deeper meaning in a changing world,” claimed Zuckerberg, Millennial Billionaire and humanitarian. Here...

Ron LeBlanc of Fayetteville, Arkansas became weary of the Christian-cause when he was twelve years old:  “I remember my parents taking me to church every Sunday morning and every Sunday night, dressing me up in suits and ties, and begging me to not stuff tortellini in my front and back pockets to eat during...

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Roger Forestblade, Pastor of United Church Of Miami Of Ohio, left the pulpit Sunday morning with a smile and tears of joy on his bearded face. As he approached the back of the sanctuary, shaking hands as he regularly does, one man caused his...