On Sunday – as I showed slides and pew research data – I realized I gave you way too much information to process. But the topic is really important. So here is the core slide again (or click here for the full Pew Research article). The headline finding is that for the first time less […]
Read more "Better than OK"“And at last, in its curved and imperceptible fall, the sun sank low, and from glowing white changed to a dull red without rays and without heat, as if about to go out suddenly, stricken to death by the touch of that gloom brooding over a crowd of men.” — Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, […]
Read more "Our Modern Darkness"Thursday during the Chiefs game, as I searched Twitter for hope on Mahomes, I saw an advertisement for the Click to Pray ERosary. At first I thought it was a joke, but in fact this interactive Rosary was developed by the Vatican. It is like a Fitbit that tracks prayers. Make the sign of the cross and it begins, […]
Read more "Mahomes and Prayer"As Baptists we generally practice extemporaneous prayer. Off the cuff. Of course for Sunday Worship we may write a prayer – just to help our nerves. But it is written in our own words, which is our model of prayer. For a traditional Baptist, prayer should rise up out of our hearts, like a conversation […]
Read more "Reading Prayers"Matthew 6:32-33 “After a semi-annual budget audit was run by the elder board at Lake Michigan Bible Fellowship Monday, youth pastor Troy “Turnt” Hatley was called in for questioning over the fact that he had rendered half his budget unto Little Caesars.” — Babylon Bee This article from the Babylon Bee — a Christian version of the […]
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