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
As we remember Pope Francis, the challenge is that we do so without prejudice, seeking those moments in which he showed us things we had overlooked or completely forgotten, in which he instructed us in word and deed. Two works of mercy summon every Catholic as we pray and prepare
A few years ago, I took my 12-year-old daughter with me on a work trip to France. We took a day to travel outside of Paris and visit the famously gaudy palace of Versailles. Included in the tour package was a guided tour with a live guide who provided insightful
“For what shall we pray?” is a weekly post inviting individuals, groups, and congregations to lift up our world in prayer. This resource is prepared by a variety of leaders in the ELCA and includes prayer prompts, upcoming events and observances, and prayer suggestions from existing denominational worship materials. You
Bridging Prayer and Worship: How Brentwood Baptist Navigates Prayer in Worship Services In this episode of Sermon Notes, host Jay Strother sits down with guests Travis Cottrell and Ashton Burgos to discuss the culmination of their church’s 40 days of prayer emphasis. They explore the impact of prayer in
Signs of ‘quiet revival’ in the UK should encourage the Church, says evangelical leader Evangelical leader John Stevens has welcomed new findings from the Bible Society’s Quiet Revival report, saying the data should embolden Christians in the UK and give renewed confidence in the Gospel. Archbishop of Canterbury resigned six
In his beautiful treatment of the resurrection in the Summa theologiae, Thomas Aquinas writes that one of the reasons why Christ had to rise from the dead is to “confirm our faith in his divinity” (ST IIIa, q. 53, a. 1) Christ’s resurrection—and his prior raising of Lazarus—are miracles that