Resources by Trillia Newbell

Just keep casting your line

By Jayson Larson, posted April 19, 2024 in

I’m not what you would consider a man of the outdoors, but I did my fair share of fishing during my teen years.

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By Kie Bowman, posted April 18, 2024 in

The 20th century political anarchist Edward Abbey loved the desert and once observed, “What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.” Abbey was not the only person who discovered intimacy in the solitude of the desert. The same could be said for some of the most influential people of prayer mentioned in Scripture. God originally created man in a garden, but He frequently recreates them in a desert.

a golfer blasts his ball from the sand trap

By Mark Dance, posted April 15, 2024 in

I have tried really hard to like golf, but I prefer hobbies that do not tempt me to say or do things I will regret later. One thing I do like about golf is the mulligan—a do-over stroke that doesn’t count. They make those terrible shots disappear into thin air.

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By Marissa Postell Sullivan, posted April 12, 2024 in Churches and Ministry, Lifeway

For many pastors, it’s difficult to not take it personally when people leave their church. But according to a recent Lifeway Research study, most churchgoers aren’t leaving a church because they have a personal complaint against the pastor. During the research screening process, it was determined only 53% of U.S. regular churchgoers say they have attended more than one church as an adult. Among these, most say their church change was impacted by a residential move (60%). Still, 40% of church changes were driven by something other than a residential move.

4 basic steps for studying the Bible

By Trillia Newbell, posted February 13, 2023 in

Are you new to studying the Bible? Here are a few tips to help you get started. (These steps apply to studying any part of the Bible.)

Abedini’s wife tells of unjust journey

By Trillia Newbell, posted February 24, 2014 in

BOISE, Idaho (BP) -- On a hot summer day in 2012, Naghmeh Abedini drove her husband Saeed to an Idaho airport. They shared a casual goodbye, assuming they would see one another in two or three weeks. Instead he was imprisoned in Iran, and they haven't seen or spoken to one another since.

CALL TO PRAYER: Modern-day slavery

By Trillia Newbell, posted August 9, 2013 in

Columnist Trillia Newbell urges readers to help address the vast problem of sex trafficking by praying, getting informed and spreading the word.

Just keep casting your line

The prayer secrets of the desert

Choose a ministry mulligan over misery

Pastoral hypocrisy and bad preaching are a turnoff to churchgoers

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