Parting Words

Thoughts from Perry Engle, bishop of the Midwest and Pacific Conferences

Bridging the Church’s generation gap

by Perry Engle · Our job isn’t to keep young people in the BIC but to love and follow Jesus, which just might accomplish the same thing Read more »

Exploring the Outer Banks of Christian unity

by Perry Engle · Unity wasn’t a given at our family reunion; it was a decision we made individually and corporately to focus on the higher good of being together. Read more »

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In plenty or in want

by Perry Engle · I've determined that my commitment to a simple lifestyle has a lot more to do with the state of my heart than with the kind of car I’m driving. Read more »

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Tim and Earl have a fight

by Perry Engle · It was a big deal when Tim and Earl found themselves in disagreement. But the biggest deal of all was how these brothers decided to handle the aftermath of their falling-out. Read more »

Of sheep and wolves

by Perry Engle · I’ve always liked commissioning services where pastors and others are blessed for work within the Church. But I’ve come to consider it a shame that we don’t go to the same lengths for those who head out into the workplace every day. Read more »

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Following Jesus through sweat and tears

by Perry Engle · As afternoon turned to evening, on a hill a mile or so from the BIC Navajo Mission, I joined with a group of Native American men for a sweat in a homemade lodge. Read more »

Restoration

by Perry Engle · Repairing the plaster walls of an old house is an ongoing chore, but this was no ordinary crack. Actually, it could better be described as a cut, or a gash, or even a wound, but it was time to fix it nonetheless. Read more »

From pro-life to all-life

by Perry Engle · Have you ever considered that the cause of the pro-life movement and the witness of Christians in general might be helped by broadening the definition of what it means to be pro-life? Read more »

Beyond skin-deep salvation

by Perry Engle · I’ve wondered a lot about how much salvation has really taken hold in people’s messed up lives, and I’ve come to appreciate that getting people saved is just the first step along the way of helping them become truly converted. Read more »

Holy incarnation

by Perry Engle · I’ve always heard that Christ-followers are to “be in the world, but not of it.” And that’s great, except that living in the world makes it entirely unlikely that some of the world won’t find its way onto you. Read more »