Bringing Hope and Healing to Hurricane Helene Survivors After Hurricane Helene devastated parts of East Tennessee, the Brentwood Baptist Disaster Relief team arrived to help rebuild the shattered community. Facing scenes of destroyed homes and families forced to flee rising waters, the volunteers stepped in to clear debris, repair houses,
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the Third Sunday of Easter, the third Sunday of the Easter season. It is also known as Good Shepherd Sunday. In the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels of The Book of Common Prayer (1662), the Gospel appointed for the day is the
The idea of teleology sits uneasily with the contemporary reductionist science that has been so successful in finding mechanisms in nature and inspiring technological progress. The final cause, the purpose or end (telos), is one of Aristotle’s four causes, along with the material, formal, and efficient causes. In Aristotle’s example,
In 2025, we mark the seventeen-hundredth anniversary of the first ecumenical council, convoked by Constantine in the city of Nicaea on the coast of Asia Minor in 325. The socio-political factors surrounding that event, the happenings and outcome of the council itself, and the subsequent wrangling over its ratification are
View the original post on Scripture Central. “And again, the elders, priests and teachers of this church shall teach the principles of my gospel, which are in the Bible and the Book of Mormon, in the which is the fulness of the gospel.” Doctrine and Covenants 42:12 The Know When
This post is shared jointly on the Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Perspectives blog and the ELCA Worship blog. 1700 years ago, in 325, the first ecumenical council was convened in Nicaea to discern matters central to the Christian faith, namely: How do we understand Jesus Christ? The council sought to end
Has the Decline of U.S. Christianity Finally Stopped? While media narratives often frame American religion as being in terminal decline, the data tells a more nuanced story. For church leaders, these findings point toward both significant challenges and also genuine reasons for hope, providing us with direction rather than just