The Archive

Year: 2014

Raising children with gratitude

January 4, 2014 1 Comment

New studies show that gratitude has positive effects on children and teens (proving your mother was correct about writing those thank you notes). The

“The church service alone probably won’t convert anyone”

January 4, 2014 4 Comments

The Rev. Gary Manning called my attention to an essay by Sarah Wilson on Lutheran Forum. It is about attending church in a strange congregation.

Swearing on a Bible app?

January 4, 2014 1 Comment

Nassau Executive Mangano was sworn in to office using an iPad Bible app according to

Blindness at Siloam

January 4, 2014 No Comments

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he

The authority of the Bible

January 4, 2014 5 Comments

by Patricia Millard In in the news about the use of an Bible app on an iPad for a swearing in ceremony and whether that

A Calvinist revival?

January 3, 2014 1 Comment

Mark Oppenheimer writes that evangelicals are in the midst of a Calvinist revival.

Contraception challenge: “Little Sisters” have no case

January 3, 2014 4 Comments

Even the lawyer for one of the groups, the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, admits that this lawsuit is about trying to weasel out of nothing more onerous than signing a piece of paper [certifying the exemption].

GOE Time Again

January 3, 2014 3 Comments

It’s that stressful time of year again, when students preparing for ordination around the church gear up and take the General Ordination Exam–a multi-day, seven-part

Go Ahead, Be Angry

January 3, 2014 No Comments

Friday, January 3, 2014 – Week of Christmas 2, Year 2 [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

Defining and honoring lay ministry in the church

January 2, 2014 8 Comments

I am struck today by Laurie Gudim’s essay at Speaking to the Soul regarding lay vs. ordained ministry. This is a topic close to my