“Why should non-believers really pay attention to this downward trend? How are they going to be impacted by the closure of a local Methodist or Baptist church?”
As Alcoholics Anonymous turns 90, a look at the Serenity Prayer’s eternal relevance
“Serenity” is not a word many would use to describe the world right now. Perhaps that is why this four-line version of a prayer continues to be uttered as often as it has been since it was first penned.
‘We admitted we were powerless….’
You don’t have to get on an airplane or traverse an ocean to make discoveries. About twenty-five years ago, I began visiting church basements and other community rooms where, once or twice each week, men and women gathered to talk…