Part-Time Is Plenty: Thriving Without Full-Time Clergy by G. Jeffrey MacDonald A Book Review by Andy McClung   A once-thriving congregation shrinks in membership until finances necessitate changing from a full-time to a part-time pastor. Over the next several years–or even decades–the membership dwindles while the focus on survival increases, and the focus on doing […]

Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui Zondervan Books, 2021 Reviewed by Pat White Enough About Me caught my eye when I saw it was written by Richard Lui, a journalist and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC whom I have enjoyed following. Even more noteworthy to me is that Richard […]

Sierra Nicole Keenan, a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in McKenzie, Tennessee (West Tennessee Presbytery), is the 2021-2022 Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry/Bethel University Scholarship Recipient. A native of McKenzie, Sierra is the daughter of Thomas and Charro Keenan. Sierra graduated from McKenzie High School in 2019. She enrolled at Bethel University in the […]

Focus Stop and thank God for being present with you today. Ask for God’s guidance as you hear God’s voice through scripture and the writer. Read 2 Samuel 3:12-16 New Revised Standard Version 12 Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and I will give […]