Saturday Lagniappe: Remembering Britain's Longest Reigning Monarch and More

The Queen and her Christian faith
There is a strange public silence about the faith of our Queen. It is almost as if there were a spiritual equivalent to the to the visual impairment of being colour blind - we might call it 'faith-blind'.

“Elizabeth the Faithful”—a Small Reflection on our Queen
Having been born in the mid-1950s, Elizabeth II (1926–2022) is the only monarch I have ever had. And so, it is very strange to hear the time-hallowed refrain, “The Queen is dead. Long live the King!”

4 Leadership Lessons from the Life of Queen Elizabeth II
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has unleashed a tidal wave of admiration and affection in Britain and around the world. Why does the Queen have such a special place in the hearts of so many? Why has her life had such an influence for good? What can we learn from her? Here are four lessons for leaders from the life and example of Her Majesty.

Ma’amalade sandwich Your Majesty?
The Queen and Paddington Bear get the Platinum Party at the Palace rocking.

September is National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month
Preventing suicide, together. The prevalence of suicide deaths in the U.S. is alarming, but together we can create positive change.

Build a Simple Reclaimed Wood Table 

With longer legs (39 inches) and a wooden crossbar to strengthen the legs at each end, this sturdy functional refurbished wood table makes an inexpensive communion table.

Do Your Job…And Let Everyone Do Theirs
Pastors were never intended to do it all. They should do their job, live out their callings and let everyone in the church do the same.

Holy Tenacity
... “holy tenacity” describes God’s work in us to courageously and persistently respond to the Holy Spirit’s compelling us to share God’s relentless love in Jesus Christ in spite of expectations of appropriate Christian, or “churchy,” behavior.