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Impact of the Arts on American Ecomony
Impact of the Arts on American Ecomony Did you know that the arts play a fundamental role in the American economy? The Arts & Economic
A survey on technology and the church
While it’s no surprise that young adults are more tech-savvy than the older generation, a new study examines specific details of the differences that could help church leaders better understand how to get their messages to click with congregants.
The limits of science
David H. Wolpert, a physics-trained computer scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center, has chimed in with his version of a knowledge limit. Because of it, he concludes, the universe lies beyond the grasp of any intellect, no matter how powerful, that could exist within the universe.
Spiritually fruitful devotions
Soon after Jesus had been baptized, he performed a fast of forty days by himself, and he taught and informed us by his example that, after we have received forgiveness of sins in baptism, we should devote ourselves to vigils, fasts, prayers and other spiritually fruitful things, lest when we are sluggish and less vigilant the unclean spirit expelled from our heart by baptism may return,
Congregation aging? Attendance shrinking? Try a relocation bonus!
The Associated Press reports that Temple Emanu-El, the only synagogue in Dothan, Alabama, has found a way to reverse their shrinking attendance and aging membership trends: offer “Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate and get involved” in the congregation.
Are Christian persecuted in the UK?
The Guardian posed this question to four writers this past week. The question mirrors similar concerns in the United States where Christians often find negotiating a secular, pluralist society jarring.
Saturday collection 02/28/09
Here is a collection of some of the good things that Episcopalians and their congregations that have made the news in their communities this past week.
The case against thrift
The downturn is giving us fresh excuses for moral flagellation, of ourselves and others. If yesterday’s White House proselytized shopping, today’s is shaming bankers for their greed.The message: We sinned with profligacy, and now we repent in parsimony. Thrift is the new abstinence.