Margaret Diddams

Dec 18, 2024 | outreachmagazine.com | Margaret Diddams

With COVID-19 mostly in our rearview mirror, the great church member reshuffle that followed the pandemic, racial unrest and the 2020 election have settled down, giving pastors a better sense of what their new “normal” looks like. Indeed, 2023 data from Barna Group shows pastors to be less distressed, more hopeful, more confident in their calling, and more satisfied with their ministry than just a year earlier. And, 2024 seems to have been less stressful for many pastors.

Dec 4, 2024 | christianscholars.com | Margaret Diddams

A friend asked me not so long ago, “Where can we find hope in such uncertain times?” Many of us have been asking this reasonable and pressing question for much of the past five years. As Christians, we can easily recite a couple of the 140 Bible verses that, in various different stories and admonitions, tell us that our struggles have meaning because our hope is in God. But what exactly is that hope?

Aug 28, 2024 | christianscholars.com | Margaret Diddams

When we receive a manuscript that looks promising for publication, I often ask its authors to keep two things in mind as they work on revisions. First, I ask them to make it clear why people should care about their topic, reminding them that most of their readers will likely be outside their field.

Aug 26, 2024 | christianscholars.com | Margaret Diddams

When we receive a manuscript that looks promising for publication, I often ask its authors to keep two things in mind as they work on revisions. First, I ask them to make it clear why people should care about their topic, reminding them that the bulk of their readers will not likely be in their field.

Aug 5, 2024 | christianscholars.com | Margaret Diddams

I love the Olympics. I have been transfixed by them for over fifty years, starting with the 1972 Munich games, where Olga Korbut catapulted women’s gymnastics to a demanding athletic sport, and a very photogenic Mark Spitz shattered seven world records to go along with the seven gold medals he won in his seven swimming events.