If I have 1,100 people I am friends with on Facebook, how many of those friends do I really have relationships with?
Religion Notes: Baptist church empties disaster fund to help furloughed workers
-Baylor lands major Lilly grant for music
-Housing for caravan families
Why ‘thoughts and prayers’ alone won’t cut it for furloughed federal workers
One thing is clear in the confusion and duration of the ongoing government shutdown: “thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough to help furloughed workers and affected contractors through the ordeal. Ministers and concerned lay people are testifying that both empathy and…
Baptists, other Protestants spared from effort to restrict worship and evangelism
Issues of religious liberty in the United States are often discussed in terms of wedding cakes, taxpayer-funded church playgrounds and politics in the pulpit. In other parts of the world, it’s more about survival.
Religion Notes: Baptists hear warning from pope during Vatican meeting
-Baptists hold dialogue with Pope Francis
-Prayers for national healing
-Bestselling author to lecture at McAfee
Minister’s healing from sexual abuse intersects #MeToo era in new memoir
Lucille F. Sider is an ordained minister called to bring healing to others while carrying dark, painful secrets inside her for decades.
Parents may want to limit children’s tech use – and definitely their own
When it comes to kids and technology, are adults merely casting the first stone?
Many Christians quitting church in search of relevant ministry
In the U.S. there are an estimated 65 million dones – Christians who have quit church due to infighting, politics and committee structures. Yet few clergy and congregations seem to be aware of who they are and why they leave.
This Baptist grandmother moved, but unsurprised, by gun violence stats
Jean Andrus says attitudes on guns reported in a recent Pew survey convince her that Grandmothers Against Violence should have been formed much earlier.