Strangers People find church in a lot of different ways. Some people are walking down the street, hear music drifting through the open doors, and go inside. Some are invited by friends are family. You can actually find churches on Yelp now, complete with star ratings and reviews of bathroom…
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Miracle
For many people, the stories of the Bible seem like tales from a faraway time - like an epic high fantasy story worthy of the modern big screen. Our current cultural fascination with modern mythological characters is just a reminder that human beings have always been suckers for a good…
Denominations
Denominations Some time ago I a was a guest at a non-denominational church service, and I was so distracted by this modifier – “non-denominational” – that I could barely pay attention to the service itself. As the expertly-styled praise band sang medleys of Christmas carols over a synth beat and the youth…
Burn With Passion
Burn with Passion In 2002, the Spotlight investigative journalism team of the Boston Globe broke the first in a series of news stories that shook the very foundations of Boston. The articles, which were the result of months of research, interviews, and determined sleuthing, revealed that for decades the Catholic…
Unsung Heroes
Unsung Heroes Only 93 women speak in the entirety of the Bible, and of those, only 49 have names. These women speak a total of 14,056 words in the entire Bible (NRSV) – a little over 1% of the total words in the entire book. Some of the women featured…