Churches Still Recovering From Pandemic Losses The average U.S. Protestant church reports attendance at 74% of what it was prior to COVID-19, which means 1 in 4 pre-pandemic churchgoers are still missing from in-person worship services. 10 Great Ways Kids Can Serve at ChurchThere are lots of ways of involving
Feed My Sheep Emanuel Cleaver examines what is means to take care of Jesus’ sheep. What Does a Committed Church Member Look Like?Thabiti Anyabwile describes 8 ways committed membership expresses itself. Two Things God Does When You Put Him SecondWe put God second in our lives more often than we
Welcome to Motherhood: Yes, You If you are a striving Latter-Day Saint woman who aches for a baby…If you wonder what God is up to in your childless life…If you have yearned with all your heart for your own child but remain childless…If you have prayed your face nearly off
The Kosher Trader Joe’s Facebook Group is much more than just a place to discover new products or ask questions, and it’s also far from new: the group has been active, and growing, for more than seven years. With almost 60,000 followers, it has solidified itself as the largest kosher
It is hard not to be dismayed at the ongoing tenor and level of discourse and division occurring in the US Catholic Church these days. Like so many, I am deeply concerned at the temptation to identify and affiliate with our cliques within the church rather than with the corporate
Cover image: “She will find what is lost,”©Brian T. Kershisnik, 2012. Used with permission. This life is a continuum from pre-mortal existence that transitions into the life here on earth, then life after this. I want to share some poignant accounts people have shared with me concerning departed friends and
Last summer I participated in the McGrath Institute Summer Liturgy Series, “Will They Come Back After COVID?: Disaffiliation, Affiliation, and the Liturgy.” At the same time, I was teaching a course with Dr. Bronwen McShea called Reform, Renewal, and the Role of the Lay Faithful. One of the most important
The only time I tried to hurt my brother—who was older, stronger and didn’t try to hurt me back because it would have been too easy—was in high school when he was living with our dad and I was living with our mom and he didn’t show up for a