One of the ways to gain clarity about a given thing is to explore not simply what that thing is, but rather to investigate precisely what it is not. When a scientist, for example, wonders what is behind a given effect, it can be an incredibly fruitful exercise to begin
Editor’s Note: We know that our predominantly Latter-day Saint audience is already aware that what is being inferred about the Church by Hulu’s ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is false, but we encourage you to share this article as a way to clarify to your friends and family that
“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
Today’s Reading: Read Esther 1-5 If you were the King or Queen for the day, what would you do? Take turns sharing with your family what your day would look like if you were chosen to be royalty! Esther was one of God’s chosen people, the Israelites, who did not
Church in Wales earmarks £10m for mission and growth The Church in Wales is to invest nearly £10m in a number of new projects aimed at increasing church attendance. Multi-million pound grants will be split across projects in north-east Wales, Swansea and Monmouthshire. The grants are part of the Church
For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). As this saying of Jesus makes clear, service belongs to the most fundamental vocabulary of the Christian faith. It provides the basis for Jesus’ articulation
Recent scholarship on the so-called conflict between science and religion has revisited the reception of John William Draper’s History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1875) and Andrew Dickson White’s A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896).[1] Indeed, contrary to common perception, Draper and
The following is excerpted from The Free Press. To read the full article, CLICK HERE. The most important thing I saw during my time as a correspondent in the American press, it seemed to me, was happening among my colleagues. The practice of journalism—that is, knowledgeable analysis of messy events