Note: This article discusses suicide, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. It may be distressing for some readers. On June 30, child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan Stollar died by suicide, following a lengthy struggle with his...
All states prosecute parents whose children come to severe harm through neglect. But in 34 states, there are exemptions when medical treatment for a child conflicts with the religious beliefs of parents.
Jeremiah tells the people of the Babylonian Exile that God is calling them to settle in the region. “Go ahead and get married. Buy a house. Join the PTA, the YMCA, a local church.” Essentially, Jeremiah says, “Be all in. Hold nothing back.”
Decades ago, even among churches that retained adult Sunday school, we adults stopped promoting. More accurately, we adults refused to keep promoting. We put down our feet and said we would not move any more. We wanted to stay where we were.
The idea of counting gifts to nonprofits other than a house of worship is a difficult concept for some church members to grasp. But congregations may have to come to grips with the concept and with the idea that younger generations tend to view tithing in broad terms.
The physical is already illuminated with the presence of the sacred. If we care about the spirit, we cannot avoid concern with the here and now.
The country’s best-known Christian for-profit college, Grand Canyon University, has announced that it will open an independent, non-denominational, for-profit theological seminary this fall.
For more than a dozen years, Pastor Bob Mathieu and his wife, Sharon, have been taking seniors to Camp Dynamite. It’s a respite for many from the stresses of getting older and any number of other challenges in their lives.
Academy of Preachers founder Dwight A. Moody has been named interim president at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, one of 15 theological education partners of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
I am not saying that deacons do not do good work for the church. But the truth is that a layperson can do everything that a deacon can do.
When David Boudia and Steele Johnson emerged from their final dive Aug. 8 at the Rio Olympics, the silver medal in men’s synchronized platform diving was theirs. But the glory, both men said minutes later, belonged to someone else.
Dear Hillary, This election year has me completely on edge, exhausted and frustrated, but I suppose you might be feeling some of that, too. Truth be told, I spend a lot of time thinking about you, but then, so does…
Many years ago my mother told me about a trip she took with a group of people to attend a national denominational training event. If you knew my mother, you would know she could hardly tell it without laughing. The…
