Thoughts from your Regional Minister articleKansas Messenger April 2023Written by: Tom Stanley, Co-Regional Minister & President I want to ask you a question, one I have been wrestling with, “what does God require of you?” The Prophet Micah writes these words to the people of Israel in Micah chapter 6. God is laying out God’s […]
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Forces That Threaten Our Witness
Thoughts From Your Regional Minister ArticlePublished in the March 2023 Kansas Messenger By Rev. Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister for the Christian Church in Kansas (DOC) To all companions of The Way, who make up the communities of faith within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Kansas, I send you greetings in the name of […]
Kansas Disciples Do Amazing Ministry
Greetings Disciples in Kansas! I hope you have had a blessed Christmas season and have begun your journey through Epiphany with determination, faith, and hope in and with Jesus the Christ! This month is my sixth month serving as your Co-Regional Minister! I have visited nearly forty congregations in those six months, some several times. […]
A Pastoral Letter to KS Disciples
Thoughts from your Regional Minister ArticlePublished in the January 2023 edition of the Kansas MessengerWritten by Rev. Ken Marston, Co-Regional Minister To the Saints that inhabit the faith communities that make up the Christian Church in Kansas, greetings in the name of Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ! When I think of all of you, […]
The Purpose of Advent
Thoughts From Your Regional Minister ArticleWritten by Rev. Tom Stanley, Co-Regional Minister & PresidentPublished in the December 2022 issue of the Kansas Messenger As we enter the Advent season, we look forward to the birth of Jesus, Christmas Cantatas, Christmas morning, and many other things! But is that all we are looking forward to? Is […]
Being God’s Image
By Rev. Tom Stanley, Co-Regional MinisterWritten for November 2022 issue of the South Central district Communicator Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison, the Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible at Phillips Theological Seminary, translated Micah 6:8 a little differently than we have read before. Let these words touch your heart. “The LORD has told you, O […]